Forexpros — Asian stocks were mixed after the closing bell on Friday.
At the close of Asian trade, Japan’s Nikkei 225 index rose 0.29%, Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 index shed 0.30%, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index was trading 0.76% down.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that Tokyo’s core consumer price inflation fell more-than-expected to at annualized rate of -0.2% last month from 0.4% in the preceding month.
Analysts had expected Tokyo’s core CPI to fall to -0.1% last month.
Meanwhile, the outlook for U.S. equity markets was upbeat. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures indicated a gain of 0.08%, S&P 500 futures pointed to an increase of 0.21% and Nasdaq 100 futures indicated a rise of 0.40%.
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