Business sentiment by sector: property most upbeat

Business sentiment may be down in Asia, but the outlook in the property sector remains bullish. Picture is of a man cycling past a residential complex under construction in Taiyuan, China (Reuters)

SEOUL: Asia's top companies were less upbeat about their business outlook in the third quarter of 2013 but the property sector remained bullish despite the global economic uncertainties, the latest Thomson Reuters/INSEAD Asia Business Sentiment Survey published on Wednesday showed.

Questions on when the US Federal Reserve will taper its US$85bil bond-buying programme and geopolitical tensions in Syria have spooked markets, dealing a slight dent to business sentiment.