Estee Lauder, Vale and Qualcomm among losers from slow China recovery

Sluggish investment and consumption in key market slam consumer stocks

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Estee Lauder has downgraded its full-year sales forecast, with its CEO explaining that Asia travel retail has recovered more gradually from the pandemic than other regions. © Reuters

YUKA KAWAKAMI and YOSHIKAZU IMAHORI, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Shares in companies doing business in China that had been bolstered by hopes of a post-zero-COVID boom in the world's second-largest economy are slumping on weak economic data that has brought these expectations into question.

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