Asian market indices are exhibiting a mixed trend in early deals on Friday as positive sentiments emanating from the tech-led gains on Wall Street were offset by worries about trade tensions between the U.S. and China. Investors are also cautious ahead of the release of the US jobs data for July due later in the day. Employment is expected to increase by 190,000 jobs in July, while the unemployment rate is expected to edge down to 3.9 percent. Meanwhile, the Japanese market is modestly higher following the most positive cues from Wall Street after Apple topped the $1 trillion market cap and as a weaker yen boosted exporters’ shares. Among the other Asian markets, South Korea, Shanghai and Taiwan are also higher. Bucking the trend, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Hong Kong are lower.
Nikkei 225 added 23.14 points or 0.10% to 22,535.67, KOSPI Index gained 12.44 points or 0.54% to 2,282.64, Taiwan Weighted increased 57.93 points or 0.53% to 10,987.70, and Shanghai Composite up by 2.12 points or 0.08% to 2,770.14.
On the flip side, Straits Times dipped 6.64 points or 0.20% to 3,279.68, Hang Seng dropped 35.00 points or 0.13% to 27,679.56, Jakarta Composite slipped 12.88 points or 0.21% to 5,998.84, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI down by 0.59 points or 0.03% to 1,777.54.
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