JSE faces lower Asian markets after new Chinese data

The JSE is facing lower Asian markets on Tuesday after economic data from China, including GDP, made investors wary.

The Nikkei in Japan climbed 1.27%, while the Hang Seng in Hong Kong and the Shanghai composite in mainland China fell by 1.01% and 0.25%, respectively. Tencent, which influences the JSE via Naspers and Prosus, declined 0.81%…