Asian stock markets are trading mixed on Friday, following the mixed cues from Wall Street overnight, hurt by tumbling technology stocks which mirrored their peers on the tech-heavy Nasdaq amid concerns about excessive levels of investment across the AI space. Traders also remain concerned about the uncertainty in the global tariff space and the geopolitical conflict between the United States and Iran. Asian markets ended mostly higher on Thursday.
Traders were also looking ahead to the release of report on US producer price inflation in the month of January. While not as closely watched as consumer price inflation data, the producer price inflation report could impact the outlook for interest rates.
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June 19, 2026 16:46 ET Major central banks continued to dominate the economic news flow this week too, led by the Federal Reserve, as they announced their latest policy decisions. The Federal Reserve policy session was in focus as it was the first to be led by the new chief Kevin Warsh. In Europe, central banks of the U.K. and Switzerland announced their rate decisions. In Asia, the Bank of Japan drew attention for its policy moves, while data out of China threw some light on the state of the economy.