BEIJING -- Chinese stocks closed higher on Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.31 percent, at 3,039.67 points.
The Shenzhen Component Index closed 1.05 percent higher at 11,629.70 points.
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BANGKOK -- The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index Friday moved up 3.85 points, or 0.26 percent to close at 1,495.09 points.
Some 16.70 billion shares worth 56.08 billion baht (about 1.78 billion U.S. dollars) changed hands.
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JAKARTA -- The IDX Composite, an index of all stocks listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in Jakarta, closed at 5,882.26 points on Friday, down by 60.23 points, or 1.01 percent against the previous trading day.
Approximately 5.59 billion shares worth more than 5.86 trillion Indonesian rupiahs (about 428.10 million U.S. dollars) changed hands at the stock market.
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SINGAPORE -- Singapore stocks closed lower on Friday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) going down 0.55 percent, or 17.65 points, to close at 3,181.03.
A total of 1.62 billion shares changed hands with a turnover of 1.23 billion Singapore dollars (878.6 million U.S. dollars). Losers outnumbered gainers by 280 to 135.
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VIENTIANE -- The Lao stock market closed on Friday with an increase of 0.70 percent compared to the previous trading day.
The Lao Securities Exchange composite index increased by 4.79 points, reaching 693.87 points after closing.
A total of 34,200 shares worth about 162,124 million Lao kip (nearly 18,197 U.S. dollars) changed hands at the stock market.
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KUALA LUMPUR -- The Malaysian stock market ended lower here on Friday.
The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,531.20, down 3.78 points or 0.25 percent, and the Emas was at 10,965.61, down 23.12 points or 0.21 percent.
There were 391 gainers, 439 losers and 423 counters traded unchanged.
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HO CHI MINH CITY -- VN-Index, the stock market index of Ho Chi Minh City bourse in southern Vietnam, closed at 933.09 points on Friday, down 5.04 points, or 0.54 percent against the previous trading day.
On Friday, VN30-Index, a benchmark index for the southern bourse, which tracks the 30 leading stocks by both market capitalization and liquidity, closed at 868.89 points, down 2.51 points or 0.29 percent.
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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia's stocks finished lower on Friday, with the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) Index down 7.73 points, or 1.1 percent, to close at 697.01.
A total of 9,905 shares worth 81.36 million riels (19,942 U.S. dollars) were traded, the CSX said.
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HANOI -- Stock market index of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, HNX-Index, closed at 108.09 points on Friday, down 1.49 points or 1.36 percent from the previous trading session.
Prices of 51 stocks went up, 74 stocks dropped, while 242 stocks remained unchanged.
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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed down 300.35 points, or 1.09 percent, to 27,308.81 points on Friday.
The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 27,264.78 and 27,484.53. Turnover totaled 100.25 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 12.87 billion U.S. dollars).
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MANILA -- Philippine shares closed 0.58 percent lower on Friday.
The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index decreased by 43.22 points to 7,369.78. The all-share index went down by 29.11 points, or 0.66 percent, to 4,346.76.
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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks closed lower Friday in choppy trade as a weak yen versus the U.S. dollar initially lifted exporters and buoyed the broader market although investors opted for profits in later trade ahead of a three-day weekend here.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average lost 92.41 points, or 0.39 percent, from Thursday to close the day at 23,386.74.
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SEOUL-- Seoul shares ended lower Friday.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) dived 32.66 points, or 1.49 percent, to settle at 2,162.84. Trading volume stood at 619.3 million shares worth 6.8 trillion won (5.6 billion U.S. dollars).
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WELLINGTON -- New Zealand stock market's indicator, the S&P/NZX 50 index, jumped by 0.06 percent to 12,073 on Friday.
The jump was led by Moa Group Limited, which went up by 12 percent to 0.28 NZ dollars (0.177 U.S. dollars), while Blackwell Global Holdings Limited dropped by 14.29 percent to 0.006 NZ dollars. Enditem
