BEIJING -- Chinese stocks closed higher on Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.33 percent, at 2,875.96 points.
The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.10 percent higher at 10,611.55 points.
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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed down 89.43 points, or 0.33 percent, to 27,404.27 points on Friday.
The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 27,224.12 and 27,410.58. Turnover totaled 99.41 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 12.81 billion U.S. dollars).
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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks closed lower Friday, as profit-taking by some investors offset earlier gains facilitated by a strong performance in U.S. shares.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended down 45.61 points, or 0.19 percent, from Thursday at 23,827.98.
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SINGAPORE -- Singapore shares closed 1.55 percent lower on Friday, as investors took a pause after recent market's sharp rebound and awaited the key U.S. employment report.
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MUMBAI -- Indian markets closed lower on Friday.
Among sectors, auto, energy and infra ended lower, while buying was witnessed in the pharma, IT, metal and FMCG.
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JAKARTA -- The Indonesian Composite Index (IHSG) closed down but was followed by a positive performance during Friday's trading session.
The index rose by 12.46 points, or by 0.21 percent, to 5,999.61 during the final trading session.
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KUALA LUMPUR -- The Malaysian stock market ended higher here on Friday.
The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,554.49, up 1.72 points or 0.11 percent, and the Emas was at 11,060.17, up 12.75 points or 0.12 percent.
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HANOI -- Stock market index of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, HNX-Index, closed at 104.92 points on Friday, down 0.92 points or 0.87 percent from the previous trading session.
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VIENTIANE -- The lao stock market closed on Friday with an increase of 0.87 percent compared to the previous trading day.
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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia's stocks finished higher on Friday, with the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) Index up 2.34 points, or 0.32 percent, to close at 733.74.
A total of 2,043 shares worth 26.8 million riels (6,580 U.S. dollars) were traded, the CSX said, adding that 33 percent, 10 percent and 57 percent of the traded shares belonged to Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS), Phnom Penh SEZ, Plc (PPSP), and Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP), respectively.
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MANILA -- Philippine shares closed 0.009 percent higher on Friday.
The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index increased by 0.69 point to 7,507.20. The all-share index went down by 0.08 point, or 0.002 percent, to 4,422.64.
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SEOUL -- Seoul shares ended lower Friday.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) dipped 15.99 points, or 0.72 percent, to settle at 2,211.95. Trading volume stood at 765.5 million shares worth 6.9 trillion won (5.8 billion U.S. dollars).
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WELLINGTON -- New Zealand stock market's indicator, the S&P/NZX 50 index, jumped by 1.34 percent to 11,761 on Friday.
The jump was led by Kathmandu Holdings Limited, which went up by 12.79 percent to 3.44 NZ dollars (2.22 U.S. dollars), while Enprise Group Limited dropped by 18.6 percent to 0.7 NZ dollars.
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SYDNEY -- Australian shares finished lower on Friday, putting an end to a three-day winning streak.
At the close of trade, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was down 26.60 points or 0.38 percent at 7,022.60, while the broader All Ordinaries index fell 27.30 points or 0.38 percent at 7,121.40. Enditem
