Asian stocks looking down at Friday close

ANKARA

Major Asian stock markets posted losses at Friday’s close amid growing concerns over Russia’s war on Ukraine.

The Asia Dow, which includes blue-chip companies in the region, decreased 1.80%, or 64.51 points, to 3,518.10 points at 1000GMT.

Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 stock exchange shed 2.23%, or 591.8 points, to close at 25,985.5 points.

China’s Shanghai Stock Exchange dove 0.96%, or 33.46 points, to close at 3,447.

The Indian Sensex benchmark fell 1.40%, or 768.9 points, to close at 54,334 points, while the Singapore index slipped 0.83%, or 26.9 points, to 3,226.

The Hang Seng, the benchmark for blue-chip stocks trading on the Hong Kong stock exchange, went down 2.50%, or 562.05 points, to 21,905.

Following night-long clashes near the city of Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine, Russia took control of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, Ukrainian authorities announced on Friday.