Asian markets mixed following better-than-expected post-Brexit UK GDP data

While Asian stock market indices were trading mixed on Friday (28 October), the Shanghai Composite was down 0.18% at 3,106.87, as of 6.46am GMT. This followed UK reporting better-than-expected GDP overnight.
The UK said its economy grew by 0.5% over the third quarter of 2016, in the three months after the EU referendum. The Office for National Statistics said service sector activity rose by 0.8%, construction fell by 1.4%, agriculture fell by 0.7% and manufacturing contracted by 1.0%, in its fi