China
Chinese shares higher Friday with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 1.07 percent, or 30.09, to end at 2,841.04.
The Shenzhen Component Index closed up 0.87 percent, or 107.2 points, to end at 12,460.46.
Total turnover shrank to 186.98 billion yuan (28.10 billion U.S. dollars) from 204.08 billion yuan on the previous trading day.
Gainers outnumbered losers by 798 to 108 in Shanghai and 1,027 to 159 in Shenzhen.
Hong Kong stocks dipped 8.89 points, or 0.04 percent, to finish at 23,162.91 on Friday.
Turnover totaled 69.57 billion HK dollars (about 8.95 billion U. S. dollars) compared with Thursday's 70.22 billion HK dollars (1 U. S. dollar equals to 7.774 HK dollar).
Japan
Tokyo stocks closed moderately lower Friday with the key Nikkei index down 0.72 percent.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 Average lost 73.93 points from Thursday to 10,211.95. The broader Topix index contracted 3.38 points, or 0.38 percent, to 888.22.
The decline was led by the sea transport sector which was followed by the glass and ceramics, and transport equipment sectors. The winners included the insurance sector, consumer finance, and iron and steel sectors.
Trading volume on the main section expanded to 3,118 million shares from 2,120 million on Thursday.
Australia
Australian stocks closed flat on Friday after investors dumped mining stocks as copper prices fell and bought into the big banks, although sentiment remained cautious ahead of key Chinese economic data.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 was up 4.605 points at 4745.9, according to the latest available data.
