White House jitters and Barcelona terror attack weigh on Asian shares; Nikkei falls 1.3%

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Asia markets were pressured in early Friday trade after investors on Wall Street sold off on growing uncertainty over the Trump administration's ability to follow through on its economic policies.

Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 1.31 percent as risk off trade from the US session followed through into the Asian trading day. Across the Korean Strait, the Kospi declined 0.81 percent.

Meanwhile, Australia's S&P/ASX 200 tumbled 1.10 percent, driven by broad-based losses across all sub-indexes barring the health care sector. The heavily-weighted financials sub-index recorded a 1.59 percent fall.

Doubts over President Donald Trump's ability to carry out proposed economic policies grew in the US following rumors that National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn would be the next key member to resign from the administration. The rumor was later refuted by the White House.