Asian equity markets ended mostly in red on Friday as investors kept a close watch on US-China trade talks and waited for cues from the US jobs report due later in the day. Employment is expected to increase by 192,000 jobs in April after rising by 103,000 jobs in March. The unemployment rate is expected to dip to 4.0 percent from 4.1 percent. Chinese shares ended lower as traders remained focus on the US-China trade talks as well as upcoming US employment data. Further, Hong Kong's shares closed lower after the latest survey from Nikkei showed the private sector in Hong Kong swung to contraction in April. Meanwhile, Japanese markets were closed on Friday for a holiday.
Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
Shanghai Composite | 3,091.03 | -9.83 | -0.32 |
Hang Seng | 29,926.50 | -386.87 | -1.28 |
Jakarta Composite | 5,792.35 | -66.39 | -1.13 |
KLSE Composite | 1,841.83 | -9.97 | -0.54 |
Nikkei 225 | - | - | - |
Straits Times | 3,545.38 | -30.30 | -0.85 |
KOSPI Composite | 2,461.38 | -25.87 | -1.04 |
Taiwan Weighted | 10,529.37 | 15.19 | 0.14 |
