#China’s #trade balance grew less than expected in April, recovering only partially from a sharp fall in the prior month as a mild increase in exports was largely offset by a substantially #bigger-than-expected jump in imports.  #China’s trade balance was a #surplus of $72.35 #billion in April, data from the Customs Administration showed on […]

  Most #Asian_stocks moved in a flat-to-low #range on Thursday amid a dearth of direct trading cues and as markets awaited more comments from #Federal_Reserve officials and key U.S. inflation data in the coming days. #Chinese markets were among the few gainers for the day, rising ahead of key trade data for April that is