Asian stock markets traded mixed again. The Japanese index Nikkei 225 dropped after the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that a US-Japan free trade deal had not been finalised yet. There are also concerns about the U.S. economy after the yesterday’s weaker-than-expected figures from the U.S. housing market.

Indexes on the close:

Nikkei 225                    14,404.99   -141.28      -0.97%

Hang Seng                   22,562.8     +53.16     +0.24%

Shanghai Composite    2,057.03     -10.35        -0.50%