Shares of major U.S.-listed Chinese companies traded mixed in Hong Kong on Friday, with tech heavyweights like Alibaba Group Holdings, Baidu Inc, JD.com Inc, and Tencent Holdings being a major drag.

Bucking the weakness, electric vehicle stocks gained, with Nio Inc, and Li Auto Inc trading as much as 2%.

Shares of these Chinese companies ended mixed on U.S. bourses on Thursday.

Global Markets Recap: The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded 0.69% lower after paring early losses.

In the U.S., the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 0.46% lower on Thursday as investors assessed the scope of expected Fed rate hikes and disappointing big bank earnings.

On Friday, Shanghai's SSE Composite Index gained 0.16%, Japan's Nikkei 225 was up 0.50%, while Singapore's SGX Nifty traded mutedly.

Macro Factors: Struggling to shake off the impact of COVID-19 curbs, the Chinese economy grew by a paltry 0.4% — below market expectations — in the second quarter from a year earlier.

However, retail sales recovered in June and rose 3.1% from a prior slump, beating analysts' expectations for no growth from the preceding year. The unemployment rate across China’s 31 largest cities fell from pre-pandemic highs to 5.8% in June.