Asian markets shut shop on a mixed note on Friday with Japanese Nikkei tumbling the most as investors pared exposure to exporters and banks while awaiting the weekend G20 meeting. A deepening recession in the euro zone also dragged down shares, and sentiment deteriorated in late trade on news that a conservative, former finance ministry bureaucrat is the leading candidate to head the Japanese central bank. Markets in mainland China and Taiwan remained closed for public holiday.
Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
Shanghai Composite | - | - | - |
Hang Seng | 23,444.56 | 31.31 | 0.13 |
Jakarta Composite | 4,627.93 | 21.11 | 0.46 |
KLSE Composite | 1,630.89 | -2.96 | -0.18 |
Nikkei 225 | 11,173.83 | -133.45 | -1.18 |
Straits Times | 3,283.07 | -7.40 | -0.22 |
KOSPI Composite | 1,981.18 | 1.57 | 0.08 |
Taiwan Weighted | - | - | - |
