Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading in red on Friday, following the negative cues from Wall Street as weak economic data from the US and Europe reinforced worries about the global economy and offset optimism about trade talks between US-China. The Japanese market is declining following the losses on Wall Street. Among the other Asian markets, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, South Korea and Malaysia are lower. On the other side, Shanghai is higher.
Nikkei 225 dropped 62.02 points or 0.29% to 21,402.21, Hang Seng dipped 84.69 points or 0.30% to 28,545.23, Taiwan Weighted contracted 22.96 points or 0.22% to 10,296.57, Straits Times declined 13.83 points or 0.42% to 3,264.08, Jakarta Composite slipped 52.69 points or 0.81% to 6,485.08, KOSPI Shares tumbled 0.34% or 7.59 points to 2,221.07, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI down by 12.63 points or 0.73% to 1,718.05.
On the flip side, Shanghai Composite up by 0.93 points or 0.03% to 2,752.73.
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