Forexpros – Asian stocks were down after the closing bell on Friday.
At the close of Asian trade, Japan’s Nikkei 225 index fell 0.06%, Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 index shed 1.48%, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index was trading 1.13% down.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that Tokyo’s core consumer price inflation fell unexpectedly to at annualized rate of -0.5% last month from -0.4% in the preceding month.
Analysts had expected Tokyo’s core CPI to rise to -0.3% last month.
Meanwhile, the outlook for U.S. equity markets was downbeat. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures indicated a loss of 0.29%, S&P 500 futures pointed to a decrease of 0.35% and Nasdaq 100 futures indicated a fall of 0.53%.
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