Asian stocks drift higher on final trading day of 2017
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Asian stock markets mostly drifted higher on Friday after Wall Street finished with modest gains.
KEEPING SCORE: Japan's Nikkei 225 rose 0.3 percent to 22,841.64 and China's Shanghai Composite Index added 0.2 percent to 3,302.01. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index gained 0.4 percent to 29,982.17. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was the only market that went south. It fell 0.3 percent to 6,068.80. South Korean stock markets closed on Thursday.
ANALYST'S TAKE: Looking back the year of 2017, "markets have been disturbingly sanguine about risks," such as North Korean nuclear threats and the U.S. government's new foreign policy to put American interest first, said Mizuho Bank Ltd. in a daily commentary.
WALL STREET: U.S.