Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading lower in early deals on Friday, as the market went cautious ahead to the news conference by President Donald Trump on China tightening control over the city of Hong Kong. Market sentiments dulled with the weaker Wall Street amid concerns over still lingering Coronavirus pandemics and the global economic damage caused by it. Japan's Nikkei is lower after the news sluggish industrial output data in April. Among the Asian markets, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, China and Malaysia are in negative pace. Bucking the trend, Taiwan, South Korea and Indonesia are trading up.
Nikkei 225 down by 17.14 points, 0.08% to 21,899.17, Straits Times slipped by 8.16 points or 0.32% to 2,507.08, Hang Seng dipped by 131.25 points or 0.57% to 23,001.51, Shanghai lower 1.87 points or 0.07% to 2,848.09 and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI dragged by 1.90 points or 0.13% to 1,455.60.
On the flip side, Taiwan Weighted up 7.96 points or 0.07% to 10,936.23, KOSPI Index enlarged by 3.88 points or 0.19% to 2,032.42 and Jakarta Composite buoyed by 5.93 points or 0.13% to 4,722.12.
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