Asian markets ended mostly lower on Friday due to further escalation in Sino-US tensions after the Trump administration unveiled sweeping bans on US transactions with ByteDance's TikTok and Tencent-owned WeChat. Investors also looked forward to the jobs data from United States due later in the day, with forecasting that employment growth likely slowed in July from the previous month due to resurgence in corona virus infections. Chinese shares declined despite China's upbeat exports data in July. Driven by demand for medical supplies, electronics and automobiles, exports grew 7.2 percent on a yearly basis in July, confounding expectations for a drop of 0.2 percent, while dollar-denominated imports fell 1.4% in that same period. Japanese shares ended lower on raft of lacklustre domestic earnings along with caution ahead of key US jobs data. Though, Seoul shares ended up on hopes the United States is making progress on a new economic stimulus package.
Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
Shanghai Composite | 3,354.04 | -32.42 | -0.96 |
Hang Seng | 24,531.62 | -398.96 | -1.60 |
Jakarta Composite | 5,143.89 | -34.38 | -0.66 |
KLSE Composite | 1,578.14 | -10.43 | -0.66 |
Nikkei 225 | 22,329.94 | -88.21 | -0.39 |
Straits Times | 2,549.09 | -10.01 | -0.39 |
KOSPI Composite | 2,351.67 | 9.06 | 0.39 |
Taiwan Weighted | 12,828.87 | -84.63 | -0.66 |
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