Asia-Pacific stocks mixed; Apple supplier stocks in focus after revenue miss

SINGAPORE — Shares in Asia-Pacific were mixed on Friday as investors monitored stocks of Apple suppliers after the tech giant’s revenue miss

Mainland Chinese stocks closed higher as the Shanghai composite advanced 0.82% to 3,547.34 and the Shenzhen component gained 1.45% to 14,451.38

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index shed 0.8%, as of its final hour of trading

Trading in the Hong Kong-listed shares of Razer was halted on Friday “pending the release of an announcement in relation to inside information of the Company and pursuant to the Hong Kong Code on Takeovers and Mergers,” according to an exchange filing

The Nikkei 225 in Japan recovered from earlier losses to rise 0.25% on the day to 28,892.69 while the Topix index advanced about 0.1% to close at 2,001.18. South Korea’s Kospi slipped 1.29%, finishing its trading day at 2,970.68

Australian stocks also fell as the S&P/ASX 200 closed 1.44% lower at 7,323.70. Australia’s retail sales rose 1.3% month-on-month in September on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to data released Friday by the country’s Bureau of Statistics. That was higher than forecasts for a 0.2% gain in retail sales, according to Reuters