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• European markets open mixed on Friday morning, as investors awaited the U.S. Senate's vote on tax reform legislation.

The pan-European Stoxx 600 was flat with financial sectors moving in different directions.

• Asian shares and the dollar pared their modest gains on Friday, with risk appetites supported by advances on Wall Street but capped by concern as investors awaited the U.S. Senate’s vote on U.S. tax reform legislation.

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS was nearly flat on the day, after brushing a two-week low. For the week, it was 2.6 percent lower.

• Japan’s Nikkei share average rose for a third straight day on Friday, led by oil, steel and machinery stocks, while Sharp Corp soared after it announced a return to the bourse’s main board.

The Nikkei ended 0.4 percent higher at 22,819.03 points, rising for three straight days. For the week, the index gained 1.2 percent.

• China stocks closed mixed on Friday to end the week lower, after a private survey showed the country’s manufacturing activity grew at the weakest pace in five months in November as input costs remained high and tougher pollution measures weighed on business confidence.

At the close, the Shanghai Composite index was up 0.62 points or 0.02 percent at 3,317.81.

The blue-chip CSI300 index was down 0.19 percent, with the financial sector sub-index lower by 0.89 percent, the consumer staples sector down 0.45 percent, the real estate index down 0.17 percent and healthcare sub-index up 0.74 percent.

Reference: Reuters, CNBC