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Asia mixed as Hang Seng soars 3%, Nikkei down 2%

EPA-EFE/JEROME FAVRE

Markets in Asia-Pacific traded mixed in Friday's morning trade as investors continued to digest the United States Federal Reserve's decision to raise interest rates by another 75 basis points and awaited the US jobs report due later in the day.

The Nikkei 225 slid 2.08% at 3:08 am CET. The dollar lost 0.10% against the yen to sell for 148.1280 at the same time.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng rallied 3.77% at 3:09 am CET. In mainland China, the Shanghai Composite climbed 1.28% at 3:08 am CET and the Shenzhen Composite jumped 1.39% at 3:10 am CET.

In South Korea, the Kospi added 0.31% and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.27% at 3:10 am CET.

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