SINGAPORE — Volatile trading continued for Chinese stocks on Friday, as losses were seen again — a day after they clawed back some gains following a dive early this week.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index lost 1.2% in early trade. Declines were seen in tech stocks after they had jumped on Thursday. Alibaba tumbled 4.5%, Tencent was down nearly 3%, and Meituan lost more than 5%. The Hang Seng Tech index overall dived 3.6%.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index plunged more than 8% in two days early this week, and bounced back by 3% in Thursday's session.
Mainland-listed stocks were not faring better, with the Shanghai composite declining more than 1%, and the Shenzhen component down 1.25%.
The yuan, however, recovered strongly, after selling off earlier this week, tracking the stock losses. The offshore yuan was at 6.4638 on Friday morning, after weakening to around 6.52 levels earlier this week.
Japan leads losses in other Asia-Pacific markets
Japan's Nikkei 225 dipped 1.65%, while the Topix lost more than 1%.
Reuters reported the country's industrial output jumped 6.2% in June, sharply rising from a 6.5% drop in May. June retail sales rose 0.1% from a year earlier, less than forecasts for a 0.2% gain.
South Korea's Kospi was down nearly 1%.
The S&P/ASX 200 in Australia edged slightly lower by 0.07%. Markets will be tracking the Covid situation in Sydney, which reported a record daily rise in Covid cases Thursday despite an extended lockdown. Reuters reported that authorities have requested help from the military in enforcing the lockdown.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan lost 0.83%.
Stocks rallied stateside during Thursday's regular session even though data showed U.S. second-quarter GDP rose 6.5% on an annualized basis, considerably less than the 8.4% Dow Jones estimate.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained about 150 points on Thursday after reaching a new intraday high. The S&P 500, which also briefly touched an all-time high, finished the day up 0.4% at 4,419.15.
"Yesterday's rebound in Chinese equities after the recent regulatory induced sell-off provided a positive lead to the solid performance in risk asset overnight," said Rodrigo Catril, senior FX strategist at National Australia Bank.
Currencies and oil
The U.S. dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of its peers, was at 91.966, dropping from levels above 92 the day before.
The Japanese yen traded at 109.50 per dollar, strengthening slightly from levels above 109.9 earlier in the week. The Australian dollar changed hands at $0.7383, after a dip earlier in the week to around $0.735.
Oil prices dipped in the morning of Asia trading hours, with Brent crude futures down 0.46% to $75.71 per barrel. U.S. crude futures lower by 0.45% to $73.27 per barrel.
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