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Asia-Pacific markets were set to open lower Friday, tracking Wall Street declines as investors assess the state of the economy.
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index was set for a lower open, with its futures contract in Chicago trading at 48,705, and its counterpart in Osaka at 48,520, against the index’s last close of 48,580.44.
Australia’s ASX/S&P 200 lost 0.26%.
Futures for Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index pointed to a lower open, trading at 26,354, against the index’s previous close of 26,752.59.
Overnight, the three major averages declined. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite pulled back from fresh all-time intraday highs on Thursday, with both indexes taking a breather from their gains in the previous session as the U.S. government shutdown continues.
The broad market index dropped 0.28% to close at 6,735.11, while the tech-heavy index slid 0.08% to finish at 23,024.63. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, meanwhile, declined 243.36 points, or 0.52%, to close at 46,358.42.
— CNBC’s Alex Harring and Sean Conlon contributed to this report.