Bangkok (AP) -- Asian stock market Tuesday lost some steam, American leaders to achieve the budget agreement before the end of the year appeared stalemate and fear wandering in Italy, the change of leadership may destroy the European efforts to cope with the financial crisis.
In the Asian market, take step a source says, the HongKong and Shanghai bank, the bank of England giants, will spend $1.9 billion in the United States, solve the money laundering probe by the federal and state governments. In Hong Kong, the HongKong and Shanghai banking corporation's stock rose 0.3%,.
Improvement in Hong Kong securities Kingston vice President, yellow, Jackson said, investors to bad news leak out Friday's settlement after rumors. Help calm neural HSBC bank selling its 15.6% stake, China ping an insurance, $9.4 billion Thai enterprise group last Wednesday.
Japan's nikkei 225 index fell less than 0.1% to 9529.48 point, and Japanese utilities under pressure after, a group of geologists said, in western Japan nuclear power plant can be located in the active fault. Japan's standards ban nuclear facilities the active fault.
Tokyo electric power company fell 1.4%, kansai electric power company fell 3.7%.
Hong Kong's hang seng index rose 0.2% to 22322.70 point, South Korea's Kospi index rose 0.3% to 1962.30 point. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index rose 0.4% to 4576 points. In Singapore and Indonesia's benchmark also rise, New Zealand, Taiwan and the mainland of China fell.
Investors also get the Italian prime minister Mario briant, already included in the economic recovery in Italy confidence, have a slight turbulence after announced that he will resign in the end of this year. Says briant, last weekend, he found himself may not lead to former prime minister silvio berlusconi's party, the largest parliament, giving up to the government's support.
Analysts worry that the accident briant quit, could trigger a new round of Italian political instability and slow efforts, one of Europe's biggest economy shape.
Anxiety is becoming more and more President barack Obama and republican Congressman talks between the drive way to avoid the "fiscal cliff", if there is no agreement, cut a series of tax increases and spending cuts will be on January 1st, the budget deficit.
The stock market go after a high Wall Street strong sales report, McDonald's in the world's largest economies of consumer spending has boosted the confidence.
The dow Jones industrial average index rose 0.1% to 13169.88. Standard &poor's rose 0.03% to 1418.55. The nasdaq composite index rose 0.3% to 2986.96.
January delivery benchmark crude oil on the New York mercantile exchange electronic dish in trading up 6 cents to $85.62 a barrel. The New York mercantile exchange on Friday, the contract fell 37 cents at $85.56 a barrel.
In the currency, the euro rose to $1.2948 from $1.2938 in New York last week. From $82.33 yen more modest 82.35 yen.




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