Asian stock indexes continued trading in the red territory on Friday after another selloff on Wall Street yesterday.
During the day, China also published its manufacturing data, registering growth in September, however, S&P Global said the country's manufacturing sector marked a decline in the month. At the same time, Japan's industrial production and retail trade rose in August.
The Nikkei 225 dropped by 2.24% at 7:07 am CET, the Kospi Composite was down by 0.17% and the Hang Seng decreased by 0.21% at the same time. The S&P/ASX 200 fell by 1.09% three minutes later. At 7:10 am CET, the Shanghai Composite dropped by 0.36% and the Shenzhen Composite marked a decline of 0.71% a minute later.
The dollar traded 0.09% higher compared to the yen, going for 144.5590 at 7:13 am CET.
