Shares in the Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed on Friday, reports CNBC.
Japan's Nikkei 225 climbed 1.85 per cent to close at 45,769.50, while the Topix ended 1.35 per cent at 3,129.17.
Shares of Japanese conglomerate Hitachi closed over 10 per cent higher Friday after it announced late Thursday a partnership with OpenAI to build artificial-intelligence infrastructure and data centers globally.
The country's unemployment rate rose to 2.6 per cent in August, government data showed Friday.
The S&P Global Japan services purchasing managers' index climbed to 53.3 in September from 53.1 in August, driven by stronger domestic demand amid falling new export business.
"While services companies recorded another month of solid growth, manufacturers reported a steeper decline in output amid weak sales. As a result, the private sector as a whole expanded at the slowest rate since May," said Annabel Fiddes, economics associate director at S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Australia's ASX/S&P 200 rose 0.46 per cent to 8,987.4.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index retreated 0.54 per cent to 27,140.92, while the Hang Seng Tech Index fell 0.90 per cent to 6,622.85.
India's Nifty 50 as well as the BSE Sensex traded flat.
Meanwhile, European stocks edged higher on Friday, building on momentum that has pushed regional indexes higher this week.
The pan-European Stoxx 600 was 0.4 per cent higher by 15:45 p.m. in London (10:45 a.m. ET), having added 0.5 per cent in Thursday's session after reaching a record high earlier in the day. It marked the index's fifth consecutive day of gains and put it on course to end the week up over 2 per cent.
Major bourses across the region moved higher in early afternoon trade on Friday.
London's FTSE 100 index - which also hit an all-time high earlier this week - was last seen trading 0.6 per cent higher, while Switzerland's SMI was up by around 0.8 per cent and Italy's FTSE MIB added 0.4 per cent.
