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%