Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading lower on Friday, as the participants went wary after the release of downbeat US economic data amid uncertainty in Brexit and the US-China trade tensions. Market sentiments also dampened following the release of Amazon.com's earnings results that showed the e-commerce giant's first quarterly profit drop in more than two years. However, Japan's Nikkei is trading higher amid mixed cues from Wall Street and European Central Bank's decision to leave interest rates unchanged. Among the other Asian markets, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia South Korea, Shanghai and Malaysia are in negative trend. However, Japan and Singapore are trading higher.
Hang Seng decreased 119.03 points or 0.44% to 26,678.92, Taiwan Weighted narrowed 28.60 points or 0.25% to 11,291.54, Jakarta Composite diminished by 36.17 points or 0.57% to 6,303.48, KOSPI Index dipped 4.90 points or 0.23% to 2,080.76, Shanghai down0.31 points 0.01% to 2,940.61 and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI contracted 1.95 points or 0.12% to 1,569.16.
On the flip side, Nikkei 225 up 12.30 points 0.05% to 22,762.90 and Straits Times rose 14.65 points or 0.46% to 3,183.52.
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