On August 2, The HSBC China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index was released, showing a decline to 49.4 from 50.4 in June.
Regional investors took some encouragement from China's official manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index for February, which rose to 51.0 from 50.5 in January.
The euro area manufacturing purchasing managers index reversed most of its decline recorded since April, its cyclical high, rising to 56.5 from 55.6.
There was some more weak economic data coming out of China overnight, as the Chinese non-manufacturing purchasing managers index fell in September, while consumer sentiment also weakened last month.
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The preliminary HSBC China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index fell to 48.1 in June compared with a final reading of 48.4 in May, strengthening the case for further policy steps aimed at boosting China's growth.
China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index for May, which contracted and fell to a seven-month low.
Markit's eurozone manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index rose to 46.3 in December from 46.2 in November.
HSBC's initial China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) rose to a two-year high of 51.9 in January.
India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index, prepared by Markit, was at 54.2 in February, compared with 53.2 in January.
China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index for May fell to 49.6, indicating a contraction.
The Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing purchasing managers' index unexpectedly fell to a reading of 49 in May, which reflects a contracting economy.
Separately, Markit's euro-zone manufacturing purchasing managers' index for March came in at 46.8, down from 47.9 in February, but above an earlier March estimate of 46.6.
The yen rebound, coupled with the weak China data the preliminary HSBC China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index fell to a seven-month low of 49.6 for May hit Japanese exporters.
Meanwhile, HSBC's preliminary or "flash" reading of China manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index showed Monday that activity improved in April from levels seen in March, but remained below the threshold of 50, indicating a contraction.
The manufacturing sector grew at its fastest pace since June 2011 in February, according to the Institute of Supply Management's manufacturing purchasing managers' index, while U.S. consumer confidence was at its highest level since November, according to Thomson-Reuters and University of Michigan's consumer-sentiment index.
The June manufacturing PMI (Purchasing Managers Index) came in better than expected at 50.2 for June, while market consensus estimates had it at 49.9 versus the May survey results of 50.4.
There are a few U.S. economic reports on tap for next week, with housing data and manufacturing data, the Chicago Purchasing Managers Index.
The National Association of Purchasing Managers' index of manufacturing activity fell to 43.6 in July from 44.7 a month before.
The National Association of Purchasing Managers' index of manufacturing activity rose to 47.9 in August from 43.6 a month before, its biggest monthly gain in five years.
The composite purchasing managers' index for the manufacturing and services industries rose to 48.3 in December from 47.0 in November.
The Purchasing Managers Index, used to gauge manufacturing and economic health on point scale, shows that 2012 will not be a strong year.
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The euro zone's purchasing-managers index, a gauge of manufacturing activity, fell in November to a level consistent with a 1% quarterly drop in gross domestic product, according to research firm Capital Economics.
An index of manufacturing based on a survey of purchasing managers edged up in January.
An index of manufacturing conditions based on the views of purchasing managers rose in April to its highest since 1994, reported Markit, an economic-research firm, on May 4th.
Manufacturing activity declined sharply in November, as measured by the official purchasing managers' index.
The Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), which measures future plans by UK manufacturing firms, stood at 51.7 in August, compared to 52.0 in July.
Data released Monday by HSBC showed the country's manufacturing activity shrank for a fifth straight month in December, with the monthly Purchasing Managers' Index at 46.4, down from 47.1 in November.
The HSBC purchasing managers index, or PMI, is compiled after polling around 400 manufacturing firms which tend to be more export-orientated than those surveyed in the official PMI from the National Bureau of Statistics.
Its closely-watched composite purchasing managers' index (PMI), which tracks both the services and manufacturing sectors, also suggested that Germany's economy slowed to "near stagnation" last month, while France's recorded its biggest contraction for four years.
The composite purchasing-managers' index (PMI), which covers services as well as manufacturing, inched up in June but at 46.4 remained well below the 50 level that separates expansion from contraction.
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