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The major Asia-Pacific stock indexes finished mixed on Friday but mostly lower with the Nikkei the lone loser. Investors continued to monitor the coronavirus situation in India as cases continued to climb, with more than 332,000 new daily infections registered on Friday, while showing little reaction to a plunge in U.S. shares on Thursday.
In the cash market on Friday, Japan’s Nikkei 225 Index settled at 29020.63, down 167.54, down 0.57%. South Korea’s KOSPI Index finished at 3186.10, up 8.58 or +0.27% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index closed at 29078.75, up 323.41 or +1.12%.
China’s Shanghai Index settled at 3474.17, up 9.05 or +0.26% and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index finished at 7060.70, up 5.30 or +0.08%.