Asian Markets End Week and Friday Session Mixed

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Asian markets closed mixed for the week and Friday trading session.

Here are the key performance metrics and trading results from major regional exchanges:

- Nikkei 225 +0.5%;

- Hang Seng +1.6%;

- ASX 200 -0.9%;

- Nifty 50 -0.9%.

Note that Asian markets open at 03:00 and close at 13:00 Moscow time.

Key stock exchanges in Asia:

- TSE (Japan) - market capitalization of over $4.5 trillion, benchmark index Nikkei 225,

- SSE (China) - largest in Asia with a market capitalization of $5 trillion; foreign investors operate through Hong Kong intermediaries,

- HKEx (Hong Kong) - market capitalization of over $3 trillion, main hub for Chinese securities and a bridge to Western markets,

- KRX (South Korea) - market capitalization of $2 trillion, benchmark index KOSPI,

- BSE (India) - market capitalization of $2 trillion, primary indicator BSE 100.

Review provided by Alexey Grishchenko, Ph.D., Professor of Operational and Sectoral Management at the Faculty of "Higher School of Management" of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation.