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Australian shares closed lower Friday after the central bank downgraded its outlook for the national economy.
The S&P/ASX 200 index was down 0.6% to 6,004.8 by the end of trade. The index gained 1.3% on the week. New Zealand’s benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index fell 1% to 11,646.6 pts.
Japanese shares ended lower Friday, a raft of lacklustre domestic earnings and caution ahead of Key US jobs data weighed.
The benchmark Nikkei share average fell 0.39% to 22,329.94. The broader Topix lost 0.2% to 1,546.74.
Japan stock markets will be closed Monday for a public holiday.
China stocks finished lower Friday after The Trump Administration unveiled a plan to ban US transactions with ByteDance’s TikTok and Tencent-owned WeChat, but posted weekly gains on upbeat trade data.
The blue-chip CSI300 index dropped as much as 2.6% before ending 1.2% lower to 4,707.93, while the Shanghai Composite Index lost 1% to 3,354.04 .
Asia-Pacific Indexes
Data as of 7 August 2020. All quotes delayed at least 15 mins.
| Symb | Index | Time | Last | Chg | Chg % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .TRXFLDJPP | Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index | 3:45am EDT | 135.69 | -0.23 | -0.17% |
| .TRXFLDHKP | Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index | 4:59am EDT | 310.06 | -5.58 | -1.77% |
| .TRXFLDINP | Thomson Reuters Equity India Index | 5:39am EDT | 1,285.76 | +5.05 | +0.39% |
| .N225 | Nikkei Stock Average 225 | 2:15am EDT | 22,329.94 | -88.21 | -0.39% |
| .HSI | Hang Seng Index | 4:08am EDT | 24,531.62 | -398.96 | -1.60% |
| .AORD | ASX All Ordinaries Index | 2:37am EDT | 6,144.90 | -35.40 | -0.57% |
| .KS11 | KOSPI Index | 5:03am EDT | 2,351.67 | +9.06 | +0.39% |
| .SETI | SET Composite Index | 5:49am EDT | 1,324.40 | -8.82 | -0.66% |
| .JKSE | Jakarta Composite | 4:14am EDT | 5,143.89 | -34.38 | -0.66% |
| .PSI | PSE Composite Index | 12:50am EDT | 5,846.02 | -56.56 | -0.96% |
| .SSEC | Shanghai Composite Index | 3:00am EDT | 3,354.04 | -32.43 | -0.96% |
| .BSESN | S&P BSE Sensex | 5:54am EDT | 38,033.89 | +8.44 | +0.02% |
| .FTFBMKLCI | FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI | 5:04am EDT | 1,578.14 | -10.43 | -0.66% |
| .HNX30 | HNX 30 Index | 6 Aug 2020 | 209.44 | -0.92 | -0.44% |
Have a healthy weekend, Keep the Faith!
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