The majority of Asian equities decline prior to Powell's Federal Reserve speech.

The majority of Asian stocks declined on Friday, discouraged by a decline on Wall Street that followed a profit report from Nvidia and conflicting economic data from the United States.

In afternoon trading, the Nikkei 225 decreased 2.0% to 31,634.37. The S&P/ASX 200 in Australia fell 0.9% to 7,118.20. The South Korean Kospi fell 0.8% to 2,516.63 points. The Hang Seng index in Hong Kong fell 0.5% to 18,126.36, while the Shanghai C....