Asia-Pacific stocks mostly lower

Shares in the Asia-Pacific were mostly lower on Friday as markets in the US were closed for the Thanksgiving holiday, reports CNBC.

In Japan, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.35 per cent to close at 28,283.03 and the Topix ended its session at 2,018.0 as the nation's capital city saw the highest core consumer price index reading since 1982.

In South Korea, the Kospi fell 0.14 per cent to 2,437 and the S&P/ASX 200 in Australia rose 0.24 per cent to 7,259.5.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng index traded 0.49 per cent lower to 17,573.58, while the Hang Seng Tech index lost more than 2 per cent. In mainland China, the Shanghai Composite gained 0.4 per cent to 3,101.69 and the Shenzhen Component lost 0.48 per cent to 10,904.27.

China's reported Covid cases continued to rise Thursday. Zhengzhou, where protests took place at Apple supplier Foxconn's iPhone factory, said it would conduct mass testing.