South Korea's Kospi leads losses in Asia ahead of data deluge on Friday

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Asia-Pacific markets extended losses on Thursday, tracking Wall Street's moves ahead of a slew of economic data from the region on Friday.

South Korea's Kospi shed 1.56% to end the day at 2,635.44, and the smaller cap Kosdaq slipped 0.77% to 831.99.

Japan's Nikkei 225 fell about 1.3%, paring losses after plunging over 2% on its open, while the broader Topix dropped 0.56%.

Japan and South Korea will release industrial production figures on Friday, and China will release the official purchasing managers index for May. Inflation data for Japan's capital city of Tokyo will also be released.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 extended declines from the previous session and fell 0.49% and finished at 7,628.2, with miners in Australia among the top losers.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng index plunged 1.26%, and mainland China's CSI 300 index lost 0.53%, closing at 3,594.31 and hitting its lowest level in about a month.

Overnight in the U.S., all three major indexes fell, pressured by rising Treasury yields. The 10-year Treasury note yield ticked higher for a second day, last trading above 4.6%.

Higher yields can lower the multiples investors are willing to pay for stocks, drive up borrowing costs, hurt consumer spending and make T-bills and money market funds more attractive.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.06%, while the S&P 500 dipped 0.74%, marking its first negative session of the previous three. The Nasdaq Composite slipped 0.58%, as Nvidia's advance mitigated losses for the technology-heavy index.

— CNBC's Alex Harring and Pia Singh contributed to this report.

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