Asian Markets Show Mixed Performance for Week and Friday Trading Session

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Asian markets show the following performance for the week and Friday trading session.

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

- Nikkei 225 +1.4%;

- Hang Seng +2%;

- ASX 200 -0.1%;

- Nifty 50 +0.2%.

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

Key Asian stock markets:

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

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

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

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

- Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE, India) - market capitalization of $2 trillion, main indicator BSE 100.

Overview presented 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.