• The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 54.95 points, or 0.22 percent, to 24,713.98, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 2.33 points, or 0.09 percent, to 2,720.13 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 15.82 points, or 0.21 percent, to 7,382.47.
Wall Street ended a choppy trading session lower on Thursday, as investors grappled with escalating trade tensions and rising oil prices.
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• Asian shares recorded slight gains early in Friday trade, shrugging off the soggy close seen on Wall Street overnight amid investor concerns over U.S.-China trade talks.
Japanese markets traded slightly higher after the release of core consumer price index data, which showed a rise of 0.7 percent last month on year, slightly missing expectations. The Nikkei 225 added 0.18 percent and the broader Topix inched higher by 0.05 percent.
The yen extended losses against the dollar, trading at 110.86 to the greenback at 8:19 a.m. HK/SIN.
Elsewhere, the Kospi climbed by 0.33 percent as Samsung Electronics pared some of its overnight declines while other tech names were mixed. Shipbuilders also traded higher in the morning.
Reference: Reuters, CNBC
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