Asia-Pacific markets down --

Asia-Pacific markets fell on Friday amid a downbeat tone set by US markets overnight, while South Korea's benchmark index outpaced regional peers for the week, reports CNBC.
South Korea's Kospi saw weekly gains of 1.75 per cent after a strong start to the week when the country reimposed a ban on short selling.
The Kospi closed 0.72 per cent lower at 2,409.6 on Friday, while the Kosdaq ended 1.69 per cent lower at 789.31.
Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 0.24 per cent to close at 32,568.11, after gains of nearly 1.5 per cent in the prior session. The Topix eked out gains to end 0.07 per cent higher at 2,336.72.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index shed 1.74 per cent in the final hour of trading and is poised for a weekly decline of 2.59 per cent, which would make it the worst performer this week among Asia's major benchmarks. China's CSI 300 index closed 0.73 per cent lower at 3,586.49.