Asian markets ended mixed, May's expansion marked slowest growth since February

Asian markets ended mixed today. Hong Kong's Hang Seng surged 2.2 percent, and China's Shanghai Composite index jumped 0.7 percent after China's industrial output rose lower-than-expected 3.5 percent in May. May's expansion marked the slowest growth since February. Retail sales, a key gauge of consumption, jumped 12.7 percent in May, but it was lower than the 18.4 percent gain in April.   Singapore's Straits Times index gained 0.8 percent. Japan&a...