MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS fell 1.3 percent and was headed for a loss of more than 1 percent for the week. On Thursday, the index hit its highest level since Oct. 8.

• Japan’s Nikkei ended the week on a sour note, tracking broader losses in global equities markets, and as worries about further Sino-U.S. trade tensions weighed on some China-focused shares.

The Nikkei share average closed 1.05 percent lower at 22,250.25, pulling back from a 2-1/2-week high reached during the previous session and erasing almost all gains it had made earlier in the week.

• Chinese stocks fell nearly 1.5 percent on Friday, posting their fifth straight session of declines, as the market was weighed down by a mix of weak data, worries over rising pressure on financial companies and concerns of a new board in Shanghai disrupting the already weak A-share market.

At the close, the Shanghai Composite index was down 1.4 percent at 2,598.87.