Asian stock markets are trading lower on Friday. Japan's benchmark index, Nikkei 225 declined 25.21 points or 0.13 percent to trade at 19,539.59. China's benchmark index, Shanghai Composite declined 13.13 points or 0.41 percent to trade at 3,216.90.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 148.36 points or 0.63 percent to trade at 23,579.71. Singapore's Straits Times declined 28.19 points or 0.9 percent to trade at 3,108.29.
South Korea's KOSPI lost 24.64 points or 1.17 percent to trade at 2,078.01. Taiwan's TAIEX declined 52.23 points or 0.54 percent to trade at 9,639.57.