Major stock markets in the Asia-Pacific region traded with mixed results on Friday as China's National Bureau of Statistics reported that the country's GDP contracted 2.6% quarter-on-quarter in Q2. Furthermore, China's June industrial production and retail sales rose 3.9% and 3.1%, respectively.
Japan's Nikkei 225 was up 0.58% on its 4:35 am CET break, as the South Korean KOSPI Composite grew 0.18% at 4:55 am CET and the Australian S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.97% at the same time.
On the Chinese mainland, the Shanghai Stock Exchange traded flat at 4:40 am CET, while at the same time the Shenzhen Composite climbed 0.26% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng decreased 0.84% at 4:55 am CET. The dollar was flat against the Japanese yen at 4:59 am CET, going for ¥138.9020.
