Asian stock markets are trading lower on Friday. Japan's benchmark index, Nikkei 225 gained 93.55 points or 0.48 percent to trade at 19,564.67.
While China's benchmark index, Shanghai Composite lost 4.67 points or 0.13 percent to trade at 3,677.43. Hong Kong's Hang Seng declined 28.56 points or 0.12 percent to trade at 24,468.52.
Singapore's Straits Times rose 10.13 points or 0.3 percent to trade at 3,441.72. South Korea's KOSPI fell 1.27 points or 0.06 percent to trade at 2,021.29. Taiwan's TAIEX declined 79.45 points or 0.83 percent to trade at 9,539.67. (10:58pm EDT).