Asian stock markets churned modestly higher Friday, after the upbeat earnings report from Nvidia (NVDA) late Wednesday helped New York exchanges rally overnight.
Hong Kong and Tokyo finished in the green, while Shanghai edged lower. Other regional exchanges were mixed on the high side.
Brent crude oil futures traded down 0.3% to $88.28 during Asian market hours.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 opened higher on Wall Street cues and held ground, finishing up 0.4% as traders gravitated back to tech shares.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 273.58 to 66,405.56, as gaining issues outnumbered losers 149 to 71.
Leading the upside was cyber-security outfit Trend Micro, while memory-chip manufacturer Kioxia declined 8.8%.
In economic news, Japan's unemployment rate logged at 2.4% in July, down from 2.5% in June, reported the Ministry of Internal Affairs & Communications.
Tokyo's consumer price index-core (CPI-core), that strips out fresh food prices, rose 1.8% on year in August, after a 1.7% on-year gain in July, reported the Statistics Bureau of Japan.
In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index opened evenly and eked out a small gain, closing up 0.1%, despite soft tech and property issues.
The broad gauge Hang Seng rose 19.05 to 25,584.79, although losing issues outnumbered gainers 50 to 39. The Hang Seng TECH Index lost 0.3% on the day, while the Mainland Properties Index fell 1%.
Leading the upside was BYD Electronic, gaining 6.3%, while shipping line Orient Overseas declined 8.7%.
On the mainland, the Shanghai Composite fell 0.1% to 3,952.18.
On the other regional exchanges, the S. Korean KOSPI fell 1.8%; the Taiwan TWSE inclined 0.7%; the Australian ASX 200 inclined 0.6%; the Singapore Straits Times Index rose 0.3%, and the Thai Set declined 0.8%. In late trading in Mumbai, the Sensex was up 0.3%.
The MSCI All Country Asia Pacific Index rose 0.2% on the day.