HONG KONG: Asian markets suffered a sell-off on Thursday, following heavy losses on Wall Street, after the Federal Reserve indicated that it would start easing back on its multibillion-dollar stimulus drive this year.

Adding to selling pressure was preliminary data on Chinese manufacturing from HSBC, which showed activity contracted again in June and was at a nine-month low.

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