Asia-Pacific markets were mixed on Friday, after falling for the first few trading days of the new year, with most markets clocking declines at the end of the first week of this year.
Investors assessed data from across the region, with Philippine inflation hitting a near two-year low and data from Japan showing the contraction in its private sector activity had stopped.
Most markets in Asia fell for the week, with Hong Kong's Hang Seng index down 2.8% and South Korea's Kospi falling more than 3%.
The Hang Seng fell 0.63%, while China's CSI 300 dropped 0.54% to close at 3,329.11. On a weekly basis, the CSI 300 lost 2.97%
In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 ended 0.07% lower at 7,489.10, extending declines to a third straight day. The index is down 1.3% for the week.
Japan's Nikkei 225 rose 0.27% to close at 33,377.42, while the broader Topix added 0.62% to 2,393.54. This marks the first gain the Nikkei had since Japan's New Year's earthquake and JAL flight collision in the first two days of the year.
South Korea's Kospi shed 0.35% and finished at 2,578.08, while the smaller-cap Kosdaq jumped 1.39% to end at 878.33%
The Topix and Kosdaq were among top gainers for the week, set to rise over 1% each.
Overnight in the U.S., the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell 0.56% to mark a fifth straight day of declines — its longest losing streak since October 2022.
The S&P 500 slid 0.34% to mark a four-day losing streak, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was the outlier, eking out a 0.03% gain.
— CNBC's Sarah Min and Lisa Kailai Han contributed to this report