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• Asian stock markets took a breather on Friday from their recent surge as investors booked profits, while the dollar inched up after Thursday's slide and optimism over possible renewed supply cuts by OPEC lifted oil prices.

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS pulled back 0.2 percent, on track to end the week up 1.2 percent, its fourth straight weekly gain.

• Japan's Nikkei share average fell on Friday with the market wary of a stronger yen and financials weakened as U.S. bond yields fell after comments by a senior U.S. Federal Reserve official were viewed as relatively dovish.

The Nikkei ended down 0.6 percent at 19,234.62 points. For the week, the benchmark index fell 0.7 percent.

• China's main stock indexes fell on Friday as investors retreated from brokerage and newly-listed stocks after a recent rally, erasing most of the gains made earlier this week.

The blue-chip CSIindex dropped 0.6 percent to 3,421.44 points, while the Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.9 percent to 3,202.08 points.

• Hong Kong stocks fell on Friday, as capital inflows from the mainland took a breather and investors locked in profits after the main index closed at an 18-month high the previous session.

The benchmark Hang Seng index dropped 0.3 percent, to 24,033.74 points, while the Hong Kong China Enterprises Index lost 0.9 percent, to 10,360.13 points.

Reference: Reuters, CNBC