India, Jan. 27 -- The commodity currencies weakened against Australia, the New Zealand and the Canadian dollars weakened against their major currencies in the Asian session on Monday, after the release of disappointing Chinese industrial profits, manufacturing and non-manufacturing data and as worries persist over U.S. President Donald Trump's trade and immigration policies.
Data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed that the manufacturing sector in China fell into contraction in January, with a manufacturing PMI score of 49.1. That missed expectations for a reading of 50.1, which would have been unchanged from the December reading.
The non-manufacturing PMI came in with a score of 50.2, down from 52.2.
The composite index had a ...