Yen Stronger

 | Mar 10, 2014 02:55AM ET

Asian indices slide on Monday while Yen gained over disappointing Chinese trade data. China’s exports unexpectedly fell 18.1 percent in February from a year earlier leaving a trade deficit of $22.98 billion for the month while China’s consumer price index rose 2% in February, slower than a 2.5 percent on-year rise in January. Japanese gross domestic product rose less than expected in the last quarter to 0.2 percent against expectations to rise 0.3 percent.