Asian exchanges closed in different directions.

The Asia-Pacific region (APR) stock markets finished trading on Thursday in different directions; some significant sites were in positive territory.

The background of dynamics on the US stock exchanges, while the markets of China and Hong Kong were red on internal statistics, according to trading data.

As a result of trading, the Shanghai Composite Stock Exchange Index fell by 0.4%, to 3584.21 points, the Shenzhen Exchange Composite – by 0.3%, to 2392.64 points, the Hong Kong Hang Seng Index – by 1.1%, to 28966.03 points, South Korean KOSPI – increased by 0.72%, to 3247.43 points. Australian S & P / ASX 200 climbed 0.59% to 7260.1 points, Japanese Nikkei 225 – 0.39% to 29058.11 points.

Traders drew attention to the fact that the US stock indexes closed slightly higher. The dynamics by the expectations of macrostates from the US labor market, Thursday and Friday.

Investors are also optimistic about the pace of coronavirus vaccinations in Japan. “If vaccination in Japan continues to progress,it will not be surprising if the Nikkei surpasses the 30,000 marks again, “Toshikazu Horiuchi, a broker for IwaiCosmo Securities, told Agence France-Presse.

At the same time, investors were pessimistic about the statistics from China. Thus, the index of business activity (PMI) in the services sector in China, according to the business publication Caixin, in May fell to 55.1 points from 56.3 points a month earlier.