Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading in red in the early deals on Friday, following the mixed lead overnight from Wall Street as the corporate earnings season continued. Investors remained cautious as they await the release of the closely watched US first-quarter gross domestic product data later in the day. Japan's Nikkei headed down due to the mixed cues from Wall Street and on a stronger yen. Investors are cautious as they digested a raft of mixed local economic data ahead of the ten-day Golden Week holiday in Japan beginning this weekend. Among the other Asian markets, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Shanghai, and Malaysia are negative territory. Bucking the trend, Hong Kong and Indonesia is in trading higher.
Nikkei 225 down 121.23 points or 0.54% to 22,186.35, Straits Times dips 0.80 points or 0.02% to 3,349.48, Taiwan Weighted decreases 111.99 points or 1.01% to 10,927.87, KOSPI Shares diminish 10.71 points or 0.49% to 2,179.79, Shanghai Composite contracts by 24.47 points or 0.78% to 3,099.36, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI down by 0.98 points or 0.06% 1,634.70.
On the flip side, Hang Seng increased 33.87 points or 0.11% to 29,583.67 and Jakarta Composite up 2.90 points or 0.05% to 6,375.69.
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