Asia-Pacific stocks were mixed as investors look ahead to U.S. jobs data that could set the tone for the Federal Reserve's next move for interest rates. The index was last trading 2.1% higher.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index last traded 1.37% higher, after jumping over 2% earlier.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 traded 0.41% higher to close at 6,954.2. South Korea's Kospi added 0.21% to end at 2,408.73 and the Kosdaq rose 1.92% to close at 816.39.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 slipped 0.26% to end at 30,994.67.
China's markets remain closed for the weeklong holiday.
Overnight in the U.S., all three major indexes slipped slightly as the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 9.98 points, or 0.03%, to close at 33,119.57. The S&P 500 dipped 0.13% at 4,258.19, and the Nasdaq Composite traded down 0.12% to end at 13,219.83.
— CNBC's Hakyung Kim and Lisa Kailai Han contributed to this report.