10:45 AM EDT, 08/08/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Asian equities traded in the US as American depositary receipts were advancing Friday morning, adding 0.3% to 2,414.73 on the S&P Asia 50 ADR Index.

From North Asia, the gainers were led by healthcare technology company Medirom (MRM) and electronics giant Sony ( SONY ) , which climbed 55% and 4.6%, respectively.

They were followed by carmakers Toyota ( TM ) and Honda ( HMC ) , which gained 4.2% and 3.8%, respectively.

The decliners from North Asia were led by cloud computing company Kingsoft Cloud ( KC ) and power distribution firm Korea Electric Power ( KEP ) , which fell 5% and 4.5%, respectively.

They were followed by pharmaceutical company BeOne Medicines ( ONC ) and personal finance firm X Financial ( XYF ) , which dropped 4.3% and 4%, respectively.

From South Asia, the gainers were led by information and communications technology company Sify ( SIFY ) and telecom Telkom Indonesia (TLK), which added nearly 1% and 0.7%, respectively.

The decliners from South Asia were led by banking and financial services company HDFC Bank ( HDB ) , which was shedding nearly 1%.