Most
Asian shares saw falls on Friday after a Malaysia Airlines jet carrying 298
people crashed in east Ukraine on a flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.
Malaysia
Airlines said flight MH17 was carrying a total 298 people, with 283 passengers
including three infants, and 15 crew.
There
were no signs of survivors at the scene of the crash near the village of
Grabovo.
Japan's
Nikkei 225 had fallen by more than 1% in morning trade in Tokyo.
Hong
Kong's Hang Seng index fell by 0.8% on opening, while China's Shanghai
Composite was up 0.4% in morning trade.
Shares
in Malaysia Airlines had fallen more than
11% on Friday. It is the second disaster
the carrier has experienced this year.
Flight
MH370 disappeared en route from Malaysia to China in April and still has not
been found
Australian
shares were down slightly on Friday on news of the Malaysian passenger crash in
eastern Ukraine on Friday.
In a
statement, Malaysia Airlines said MH17 was carrying at least 154 Dutch
nationals, 27 Australians, 43 Malaysians (including 15 crew), 12 Indonesians
and nine Britons.
Other
passengers came from Germany, Belgium, the Philippines and Canada, with the
nationalities of 41 people not yet confirmed.
The
International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) said it had recently warned of
a safety issue in the region near where flight MH17 was shot down.
Malaysia's
prime minister Najib Razak said the plane crash in eastern Ukraine was
"deeply shocking".
Australia's
prime minister Tony Abbott said if the crash over eastern Ukraine was a
deliberate act, then "it is an unspeakable crime" and said those
responsible must be brought to justice.
In
the US, uncertainty surrounding the circumstances of the latest Malaysian
Airlines tragedy - combined with news of an Israeli ground operation into Gaza
- led investors to flee to so-called safe haven assets like gold and US
Treasury bonds.
US
shares ended sharply lower after geopolitical unrest unnerved investors.
BBC
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