The skyline of Yokohama with the Landmark Tower, Queen’s Square and the ferries wheel with the Aka-Rengo Soko warehouse on a beautiful day.
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Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed Friday after Wall Street gained on a better-than-expected jobs report eased investors’ concerns of a slowdown in the U.S. economy.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 benchmark was flat in choppy trade while the broader Topix index added 0.15%.
In South Korea, the Kospi index fell 0.56% while the small-cap Kosdaq declined by 0.8%.
Over in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 moved up 0.21%.
Futures for Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index stood at 23,991, pointing to a lower open compared to the HSI’s last close of 24,069.94.
— CNBC’s Sean Conlon and Lisa Kailai Han contributed to this report.
