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Asia markets retreat after strong week, eye on US data

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After a positive week, investors in Asia are taking their cash off the table ahead of the weekend
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Asian investors on Friday wound down after a strong week, with profit-taking weighing on most markets and attention turning to the release of US growth data later in the day.

Regional equities have seen a boon this week after France's moderate Emmanuel Macron won the country's presidential first round and looked set to beat his far-right rival in the run-off, while Donald Trump unveiled his long-awaited tax cut plans.

Upbeat earnings in the US have provided support, as did the Bank of Japan and European Central Bank reasserting their commitment to a loose monetary policy and Trump's decision not to scrap the NAFTA trade pact with Canada and Mexico.

However, there are concerns that Washington lawmakers have yet to pass a bill before Saturday that will prevent a costly shutdown of the US government, with Democrats and Republicans unable to agree even a short-term deal to give them more time.

"The Stop Gap bill appears stuck in the mud as the Republicans, despite controlling the majority in both House and Senate, are again and again relying on the Democrat vote as the Conservative hardliners are in constant opposition to even the most common sense spending proposal," said Stephen Innes, senior trader at OANDA, in a note.

In early trade Hong Kong was down 0.3 percent after a six-day rally, while Tokyo ended the morning session 0.2 percent lower.

Shanghai and Sydney each shed 0.3 percent while Seoul was marginally lower but Singapore, Wellington and Taipei edged higher.

Focus is now on Washington, where revised growth figures for the first three months of the year are due to be released Friday.

The data will be pored over for clues about the Federal Reserve's interest rate plans, with bank officials saying they will make their decisions based on how the world's top economy is faring.

The Fed holds its next policy meeting on Wednesday.

- Key figures at 0230 GMT -

Tokyo - Nikkei 225: DOWN 0.2 percent at 19,213.09 (break)

Hong Kong - Hang Seng: DOWN 0.3 percent at 24,629.47

Shanghai - Composite: DOWN 0.3 percent at 3,143.95

Euro/dollar: DOWN at $1.0865 from $1.0878 at 2030 GMT

Pound/dollar: DOWN at $1.2900 from $1.2911

Dollar/yen: UP at 111.22 yen from 111.16 yen

Oil - West Texas Intermediate: UP 23 cents at $49.20 per barrel

Oil - Brent North Sea: UP 15 cents at $51.59 per barrel

New York - Dow: FLAT at 20,981.33 (close)

London - FTSE 100: DOWN 0.7 percent at 7,237.17 (close)

source: AFP

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