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Shares fell in Japan and Australia on Friday, with most other major Asian markets closed for the Lunar New Year holiday.
Nikkei 225 NIK from Japan,
which was closed Thursday for a public holiday, slipped 0.3%. Australian S & P / ASX 200 XJO,
slipped 0.5% after the state of Victoria, where Melbourne is located, imposed a coronavirus lockdown for at least five days, starting on Saturday. The new restrictions were announced after a COVID-19 outbreak at a quarantine hotel.
Other Asian markets, including Hong Kong, mainland China, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore, have been closed for the holidays. Chinese markets will reopen next Thursday, while Hong Kong markets will reopen on Tuesday.
On the energy markets, the American benchmark crude oil CLH21,
slipped to $ 57.79 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent raw BRNJ21,
the global benchmark, fell to $ 60.72 a barrel in London.
The dollar USDJPY,
changed little at 104.82 yen.
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