Asian markets end mixed on Friday

31 May 2019 Evaluate

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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