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• Asian shares hovered below their 10-year peak on Friday while mainland Chinese shares dropped to three-month lows after big falls the previous day on concerns about fresh government steps to curb financial risks and rise in Chinese bond yields.

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.2 percent, as Hong Kong shares bucked the softness in the mainland shares to gain 0.6 percent.

The MSCI index hovered still just 0.3 percent below its 10-year peak hit earlier this week and is on course to post a weekly gain of 1.4 percent.

• Japan’s Nikkei recouped early losses and ended slightly higher on Friday as expectations that the Bank Of Japan would buy more exchange-traded funds offset drops in automakers.

The Nikkei share average ended up 0.1 percent at 22,550.85 points after trading in negative territory in the morning. If the index falls in the morning, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) often buys ETFs to support it.

For the week, the index rose 0.7 percent

• Chinese stocks slipped further on Friday after the biggest selloff in months the previous day, with fresh government steps to reduce financial risks and a rout in the bond market sapping investors’ confidence.

The blue-chip CSI300 Index .CSI300 ended the morning down 0.8 percent at 4,069.00 points, putting it on track for its worst two days of trading since May last year.

It had tumbled nearly 3 percent on Thursday, its worst one-day loss in nearly 18 months.

Reference: Reuters,CNBC