Asia markets were mostly lower on Friday as major indexes see-sawed between gains and losses, with analysts questioning if a potential rebound will last.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 again lost, this time, 84.13 points, or 0.4%, to 21,184.60
The Japanese yen traded at 112.2 against the U.S. dollar after weakening yesterday from levels around 111.85.
In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index dropped 276.83 points or 1.1%, to 24,717.63
In Korea, shares of major chipmaker SK Hynix saw a recovery from earlier losses, gaining 3.6% while Samsung Electronics was flat.
In Australia, shares poked ahead with the heavily weighted financial sub-index up by 0.4% Shares of the country's so-called Big Four banks saw gains: ANZ advanced 0.4%, Commonwealth Bank gained 0.8%, the National Australia Bank was up 0.7% and Westpac rose 0.5%
The Australian dollar was at $0.7039 U.S. after seeing a high above 0.709 yesterday.
In other markets
The CSI 300 slipped 20.67 points, or 0.7%, to 3,173.64
In Singapore, the Straits Times STI index slumped 40.82 points, or 1.4%, to 2,972.02
In Taiwan, the Taiex index erased 31.61 points, or 0.3%, to 9,489.18
In Korea, the Kospi index surrendered 36.15 points, or 1.8%, at 2,027.15
In New Zealand, the NZX 50 inched up 0.17 points to 8,568.40
In Australia, the ASX 200 gained 1.09 points to 5,665.16
