10:28 AM EST, 01/31/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Asian equities traded in the US as American depositary receipts were tracking lower Friday morning, losing 0.52% to 2,179.01 on the S&P Asia 50 ADR Index. Despite the decline, the index is poised to end the week more than 4% higher.

From North Asia, the gainers were led by consumer lending company Eason Technology (DXF), which jumped 59%, followed by pet-focused platform Boqii ( BQ ) and mobile big data platform Aurora Mobile ( JG ) , which rose 7.4% and 7.1% respectively. They were followed by automotive ecommerce platform TuanChe ( TC ) , which was up 4.1%.

The decliners from North Asia were led by brand platform 36Kr (KRKR) and internet and data center services provider VNET Group ( VNET ) , which fell 17% and 5.9% respectively. They were followed by consumer finance platform LexinFintech ( LX ) and streaming video service iQIYI (IQ), which dropped 5.4% each.

From South Asia, the gainers were led by IT companies Sify Technologies ( SIFY ) and Infosys ( INFY ) , which increased 2.6% and 1% respectively. They were followed by pharmaceutical company Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (RDY) and telecommunications operator PLDT ( PHI ) , which rose 0.7% and 0.2% respectively.

The decliners from South Asia were led by tech conglomerate Sea (SE), which was down 0.6%, followed by financial services company ICICI Bank ( IBN ) and IT company Wipro ( WIT ) , which were off 0.3% and 0.1% respectively.