India, Feb. 7 -- Asian shares ended mixed on Friday, with mainland Chinese and Hong Kong markets rising sharply as DeepSeek AI optimism lifted tech stocks.
Regional markets elsewhere were subdued as Amazon issued a disappointing revenue forecast for the first quarter and investors awaited U.S. President Donald Trump's next move on trade curbs ahead of China's tariff deadline next week.
Traders also looked ahead to the release of the monthly U.S. jobs report as well as preliminary readings on consumer sentiment and inflation expectations in February later in the day for clues regarding the Federal Reserve's next interest rate decision.
The jobs report may show that U.S. employment climbed by 170,000 jobs in January after an increase of 25...