Asia-Pacific markets fell on Friday as investors tracked the second day of high-stakes talks between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, reports CNBC.
Trump on Friday left Beijing after the 2-day summit, also attended by a delegation of American business leaders, including Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Nvidia chief Jensen Huang.
South Korea's benchmark Kospi index gave up gains to fall more than 6% Friday, retreating from a fresh record high, weighed down by heavyweight tech stocks.
The Kospi index closed at 7,493.18, having breached 8,000 earlier in the session. The small-cap Kosdaq fell more than 5% to end at 1,129.82.
Shares of Samsung Electronics fell 8.6% after its labour union said it would proceed with its planned 18-day strike from May 21.
Japan's Nikkei 225 declined 2% to 61,409.29 and the Topix lost 0.39% to 3,863.97.
In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 slid 0.11% to 8,630.8.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index was down 1.6% as of its final hour of trading, while mainland China's CSI 300 fell 1.12% to 4,859.59.
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FE Team | Published: May 15, 2026 21:24:18
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