Asian shares were mixed on Friday after a modest retreat on Wall Street, while oil prices gained more than 1%. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Associated Press.
Selling of computer chipmakers and other stocks linked to the boom in artificial intelligence appeared to taper off a bit as Tokyo's Nikkei 225 lost 0.3% to 65,500.10.
The Kospi in South Korea dropped 0.8% to 6,242.88 and Taiwan's Taiex fell 0.4%.
The Shanghai Composite index gained 0.8% to 3,931.54 after China reported its exports grew at a slightly slower but still robust pace of about 24% in July on strong demand for electronics and other high-tech products. China's huge trade surplus narrowed last month and imports also slowed.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng edged 0.2% higher, to 25,582.34.
In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 slipped less than 0.1%, to 9,2... (text truncated).