Asian markets ended mixed on Friday in response to escalating trade tensions and after the release of weak Chinese data. US President Donald Trump has announced new tariffs on all goods coming from Mexico to curb illegal immigration across the border to the US. Trump said that from 10 June a 5 percent tariff would be imposed and would slowly rise until the situation is resolved. Chinese shares fell modestly as China's manufacturing activity for the month of May missed expectations. The official manufacturing PMI dropped to 49.4 from 50.1 in April. Further, Japanese shares ended lower as the yen strengthened and Germany's benchmark medium-term government bond yield hit the lowest level on record. Meanwhile, a slew of Japanese data released on May 31 proved to be a mixed bag.
Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
Shanghai Composite | 2,898.70 | -7.11 | -0.24 |
Hang Seng | 26,901.09 | -213.79 | -0.79 |
Jakarta Composite | 6,209.12 | 105.01 | 1.72 |
KLSE Composite | 1,650.76 | 14.26 | 0.87 |
Nikkei 225 | 20,601.19 | -341.34 | -1.63 |
Straits Times | 3,117.76 | -25.24 | -0.80 |
KOSPI Composite | 2,041.74 | 2.94 | 0.14 |
Taiwan Weighted | 10,498.49 | 115.50 | 1.11 |
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