Asian stock markets remained uncertain on Friday as it lost some of its record gains from a surge in oil prices in an earlier session.
Japan’s Nikkei went up by a modest 0.32% by 10:33 PM ET (3:33 AM GMT) while South Korea’s KOSPI gained 0.48%.
Losing its previous gains, Australia’s S&P/ASX index fell by 0.41%.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index rose by 2.24%. China’s Shenzhen Component gained 0.23% while the Shanghai Composite fell by 0.14%.
Investors braced for prolonged economic turbulence after the World Health Organization reported the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases around the world exceeded 900,000 as of April 2.