Japanese stocks posted gains for the week. The Nikkei 225 Stock Average advanced 406 points (1.8%) and closed at 22,696.42

The Nasdaq ended 1.1% lower for the week as investors sold shares of high-flying companies including Microsoft Corp and Amazon.com Inc and moved into cyclical sectors

The secondary bond market on the Nairobi Securities Exchange recorded a slump in today’s session with bonds worth Kes 2.24 Billion achieved in 63 deals.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.5% to end at 26,734.71 points, while the S&P 500 lost 0.34% to 3,215.57.

The U.S. dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of its peers, was at 96.346 following its decline from levels above 96.4 seen earlier in the trading week.