FILE – A person takes photograph an electronic stock board showing Japan’s Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo, Feb. 22, 2024. Asian benchmarks were mostly higher on Thursday, March 21, 2024 after U.S. stocks rallied to records following the Federal Reserve’s indication that it expects to deliver interest rate cuts later this year.
BANGKOK (AP) — Stocks were mostly lower Friday in Asia after Wall Street tapped fresh records, led by big gains in chipmakers.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 topped 41,000 for the first time early Friday but then fell back, trading 0.1% lower at 40,763.88.
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