stocks in the asiapacific region mostly dropped tuesday aug 8 with the japanese market showing a third day of increases and shares in hong kong declining for the second session hong kongs hang seng index hkhsi dropped 18 to 1918417 while japans nikkei 225 index jpnik added 04 to 3237729 the shanghai composite index cnshcomp of chinese companies declined 03 to 326062 while the ftse straits times index sgsti of singapore stocks rose 01 to 331158 the kospi composite index kr180721 of south korean stocks fell 03 to 257398 while the spasx 200 benchmark index auxjo of australian stocks was flat at 731110 among the hang seng index constituents aluminum company china hongqiao group hk1378 saw the largest increase tuesday as shares increased 38 shares of integrated oilgas firm petrochina hk857 and marine transport company orient overseas intl hk316 added 16 and 14 respectively shares of real estate servicestransactions company country garden holdings hk2007 saw the largest drop in hong kong as shares plunged 144 on tuesday shares of property managers firm country garden svcs hk6098 and motor vehicle dealing company zhongsheng group holdings hk881 dropped 97 and 58 respectively of the nikkei 225 index constituents dairy products company meiji holdings jp2269 saw the largest increase tuesday as shares surged 104 shares of transmission line construction firm comsys holdings jp1721 and marine freight company kawasaki kisen kaisha jp9107 increased 90 and 58 respectively also in japan personal electronics company sharp corp jp6753 saw the largest drop tuesday as shares declined 52 shares of semiconductors firm advantest corp jp6857 and online service providers company z holdings jp4689 fell 42 and 41 respectively editors note this story was autogenerated by automated insights an automation technology provider using data from dow jones and factset see our market data terms of use