Article: Japan : Asian Energy Stocks Drop as Crude Oil Falls; Utilities Advance.

Byline: manish03

Asian stocks retreated, led by financial companies and commodity producers, as recession in Japan and Hong Kong and declining oil prices heightened concern a global economic slowdown is deepening.

Mitsubishi Estate Co., Japan's largest developer by market value, sank 5.4 percent after the Nikkei newspaper said Tokyo office rents retreated for the first time in six years. Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd., which runs the city's equities market, slid 7.2 percent after Morgan Stanley cut its share price target. BHP Billiton Ltd. sank 4.9 percent in Sydney after China National Petroleum Corp., China's largest crude producer, said oil ...

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