Hong Kong stocks lost 3.5 percent gains in October amid concerns about a revival of US-China trade war, ending a five-month winning streak.
The benchmark Hang Seng Index ended at 25,906 posting a 1.43 percent fall on the last trading day of October.
The full-day mainboard turnover shrank to HK$257.6 billion on Friday.
It comes as investors continue to capitalize on the gains achieved before the meeting of Chinese President Xi Jinping and US leader Donald Trump in South Korea on Thursday and turned for other Asian markets amid the eased tensions between the world’s two largest economies.
The tech gauge dropped 2.37 percent to 5,908 on Friday.
For the whole month, HSI declined 3.5 percent and the tech index slumped 6.4 percent.
On Friday, mainland stock markets also fluctuated and closed lower, with the Shanghai Composite Index ending at 3,954 points, down 32 points, a decline of 0.81 percent. The Shenzhen Component Index closed at 13,378 points, down 153 points, a drop of 1.14 percent.
For the whole month, stocks traded in Shanghai advanced for the sixth straight month by 1.85 percent while those in Shenzhen slid 1.1 percent.
However, Japan's Nikkei 225 Index once hit a fresh record high of 52,411, up 2.1 percent on Friday and 17 percent . South Korea's KOSPI reached a new high of 4,107 on Friday, marking a 19.9 percent in October, the largest monthly rise for about 25 years.
