After hours:
- Reuters
Marketmind: Curtain comes down on quarter to forget
Investors in Asia go into the final trading day of a bruising quarter - also a day packed with top-tier economic indicators from Japan - in a slightly better frame of mind after a much-needed rebound in global sentiment and risk assets on Thursday. Japanese retail sales, industrial output, consumer confidence and Tokyo inflation data top the regional calendar on Friday, which also includes Australian credit and lending figures and Thai manufacturing and current account data. On top of that, China's manufacturing and service sector purchasing managers index reports for September - official and unofficial - will be released on Sunday.
- Reuters
MORNING BID ASIA-Curtain comes down on quarter to forget
Investors in Asia go into the final trading day of a bruising quarter - also a day packed with top-tier economic indicators from Japan - in a slightly better frame of mind after a much-needed rebound in global sentiment and risk assets on Thursday. Japanese retail sales, industrial output, consumer confidence and Tokyo inflation data top the regional calendar on Friday, which also includes Australian credit and lending figures and Thai manufacturing and current account data. On top of that, China's manufacturing and service sector purchasing managers index reports for September - official and unofficial - will be released on Sunday.
