China
China's stocks closed lower Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.92 percent, or 26.56 points, to close at 2,871.70.
The Shenzhen Component Index lost 0.52 percent, or 65.07 points, to end at 12,539.01.
Combined turnover shrank from Thursday's 323.22 billion yuan to 270.32 billion yuan (40.35 billion U.S. dollars).
Hong Kong stocks closed down 117. 43 points, or 0.77 percent, at 22,877.25 on Friday.
Turnover totaled 66.31 billion HK dollars (about 8.54 billion U. S. dollars) compared with Thursday's 74.44 billion HK dollars (1 U. S. dollar equals to 7.764 HK dollar).
Japan
Tokyo stocks closed slightly lower Friday with the key Nikkei index down 0.40 percent.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 Average shed 40.20 points from Thursday to 10,039.56. The broader Topix index contracted 3.00 points, or 0.34 percent, to 866.81.
The decline was led by the securities sector, which was followed by the real estate and consumer finance sectors. Oil and coal products, iron and steel, and sea transport issues were among the winners.
Trading volume on the main section contracted to 1,675 million shares from 1,921 million Thursday.
Australia
The Australian share market closed marginally higher on Friday on stronger metal prices and energy stocks.
The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 4.9 points, or 0.11 percent, at 4,598.3 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index rose 6.9 points, or 0.15 percent, to 4,690.2 points.
Market turnover was 2.68 billion shares, worth 6.48 billion AU dollars (6.30 billion U.S. dollars), with 540 stocks up, 517 down and 405 unchanged.
