India, April 26 -- Asian stocks ended mostly lower in cautious trade on Friday as investors digested a mixed set of U.S. earnings and awaited the release of U.S. first-quarter gross domestic product data due out later in the day for directional cues.
Chinese stocks fell to post their steepest weekly decline since October 2018 as concern deepened about the prospect of the government scaling back stimulus.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite index ended down 37.43 points or 1.20 percent at 3,086.40, taking the weekly loss to 5.6 percent. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index inched up 0.19 percent to 29,605.01.
Japanese shares ended slightly lower as the country heads into its 10-day Golden Week holiday beginning this weekend. A raft of mixed local eco...