Investing.com - China’s second-quarter GDP growth slowed to a 27-year low, data showed on Monday, but the country’s industrial manufacturing, retail sales and fixed-asset investment all beat forecasts.
The country’s GDP growth slowed to 6.2% in the April-June period from a year earlier, data from the statistics bureau showed on Monday. The figure was in line with expectations but lower than first quarter’s 6.4% year-on-year growth.
Meanwhile, industrial output climbed 6.3% from 12 months earlier, compared with the expected 5.2%.
Fixed-asset investment for the first half of this year rose 5.8% from 12 months earlier, in contrast with a 5.5% forecast.
Retail sales for June rose 9.8%, eclipsing expectations for a slight pullback to 8.3%.
Elsewhere, China’s new home prices grew 0.6% month-on-month in June, compared with a 0.7% uptick in May, data showed.
Chinese stocks traded higher following the release of the data.
The Shanghai Composite was up 0.8% by 12:07 AM ET (04:07 GMT), while the Shenzhen Component gained 1.4%.