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• European stocks were higher on Friday morning, as market participants' fears were calmed by North Korea's response to President Donald Trump's decision to cancel a landmark summit.
The pan-European Stoxx 600 was up around 0.4 percent during early morning deals, with almost all sectors and major bourses in positive territory.
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• Global shares were on the mend on Friday as Pyongyang’s measured response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement to call off a key summit with North Korea healed market sentiment, although investors remained cautious.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan managed to eke out 0.1 percent gains, while South Korea’s Kospi pared much of its earlier loss of 0.9percent to last trade down 0.2 percent.
• Japan’s Nikkei edged up on Friday, supported by such large cap stocks as Tokyo Electron and Fast Retailing, but gains were limited as sentiment was soured after U.S. President Donald Trump cancelled a summit with North Korea’s leader.
The Nikkei share average closed up 0.1 percent to 22,450.79. For the week, the index lost 2.1 percent, its first weekly decline in nine weeks.
• China’s major stock indexes fell on Friday to post their worst week in more than one month, as sentiment soured after U.S. President Donald Trump called off a planned June meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
The blue-chip CSI300 index fell 0.3 percent to 3,816.50 points, while the Shanghai Composite Index ended down 0.4 percent at 3,141.30 points.
Referenece: Reuters,CNBC
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