ASIA STOCKS: Australia's benchmark S&P/ASX200 is or

First Published Wednesday, 22nd February 2012 05:20 am - © 2012 MNI News

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ASIA STOCKS: Australia's benchmark S&P/ASX200 is down 12.4

points or 0.3% to 4,278 points in early trades. New Zealand's

NZX50 is down 0.6% to 3.316 points, little changed from early

levels on weakness mostly in index heavyweight Fletcher Building

and Air New Zealand.