Asian stocks ended mixed on Friday, as U.S. tech giants reported disappointing earnings and investors awaited key U.S. jobs data later in the day for additional clues on the health of the world's largest economy and the interest rate outlook.
The dollar traded firm after both the European Central Bank and the Bank of England hiked their rates by 50 basis points, and U.S. tech giants Apple, Google parent Alphabet and Amazon all reported lackluster financial results late on Thursday.
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May 22, 2026 14:46 ET Minutes of the latest Fed policy session was the highlight of the week along with survey data on the U.S. housing market. In Europe, survey data signaled the trends in the euro area private sector. Further, consumer price inflation data from the U.K. was in focus. In Asia, various economic indicators from China drew attention to the health of the economy.