• Asian shares recovered to four-week highs on Friday as a surge in the dollar and its borrowing costs sparked by Donald Trump's election eased, with the U.S. 10-year yield slipping to one-month lows.
In Asia, MSCI's ex-Japan Asia-Pacific shares index .MIAPJ0000PUS hit four-week high before paring gains to stand little changed. It has gained 2.7 percent in the first week of 2017.
• Nikkei share average dropped on Friday as automakers dragged after incoming U.S President Donald Trump threatened to slap punitive taxes on Toyota cars imported into the United States from Mexico, while Fast Retailing weighed on the market.
The Nikkei fell 0.3 percent to 19,454.33. For the week, it was up 1.8 percent.
Fast Retailing Co dived 6.7 percent and contributed a hefty negative 109 points to the benchmark index after saying that same-store sales at its Uniqlo clothing outlets in Japan fell 5 percent in December from a year earlier.
• China stocks ended lower on Friday as the New Year rally showed signs of fatigue, with a stronger yuan lending little support to equities.
The blue-chip CSI300 index fell 0.6 percent, to 3,347.67 points, while the Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.4percent to 3,154.32 points.
• Hong Kong stocks climbed for the sixth time in seven days on Friday as U.S. bond yields retreated and China stepped up its defense of the yuan.
The Hang Seng Index had risen 0.4% to 22,546.76 by the midday break. The gauge is now up 4.5% from the five-month low it touched just before the Christmas break.
Reference: Reuters,NewsRise
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