Shares in China fell as doubts over the benefits to investors of the government's trial reform of nontradable shares dented market confidence. The Shanghai Composite Index, which tracks both A and B shares, ended down 6.92 points, or 0.7 percent, at 1051.95.
Singapore shares closed slightly higher with sentiment boosted by Wall Street's overnight gains and the US first-quarter GDP numbers. The Straits Times Index rose 2.14 points, or 0.1 percent, to 2154.70.
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