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Markets in Asia finished lower on Friday, taking their cue from a red session overnight in the US as markets looked to price in the increasingly high risk of a rate rise from the Federal Reserve by the end of the month.
Markets in Asia finished mostly higher on Thursday, after a bumper session on Wall Street in which the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 21,000 for the first time as expectations grew for an interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve in March.
Markets in Asia finished mostly higher on Wednesday amid light trading, as investors began to turn their attention stateside to the likelihood of a Fed rate rise in March.
