Asian equity markets ended mostly in green on Friday, with Chinese stocks rose slightly on the last trading day of 2016, but the blue-chip index ended the year lower despite signs of resilience in the world's second-largest economy. Meanwhile, Japanese shares dropped to a three-week low in choppy trade as investors took profits from the recent gains on the last trading day of the year, but the market managed to eke out marginal gains for the year.
Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
Shanghai Composite | 3,103.64 | 7.54 | 0.24 |
Hang Seng | 22,000.56 | 209.65 | 0.96 |
Jakarta Composite | 5,296.71 | -5.85 | -0.11 |
KLSE Composite | 1,641.73 | 3.8 | 0.23 |
Nikkei 225 | 19,114.37 | -30.77 | -0.16 |
Straits Times | 2,880.76 | -8.39 | -0.29 |
KOSPI Composite | 2,026.46 | 1.97 | 0.1 |
Taiwan Weighted | 9,253.50 | 100.41 | 1.1 |