Asia-Pacific markets were mixed on Friday, following a pullback on Wall Street overnight as long-dated United States Treasury yields resumed their upward move.
By 11:55 am AEST (1:55 am GMT), Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was down 0.1%, Japan's Nikkei 225 had fallen 0.7% and South Korea's KOSPI 200 had gained 0.4%.
Among data releases, Japan's headline inflation rate rose to 1.9% in July, its highest level this year, as energy prices continued to climb.
Core inflation, which excludes fresh food but includes energy, came in at 1.8%, in line with expectations. The so-called core-core inflation rate, which excludes both fresh food and energy, was 1.9%.
In the U.S. on Thursday, major benchmarks finished lower, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.3%, the S&P 500 declining 0.9% and the Nasdaq Composite losing 1.0%.
In commodities, ICE Brent crude settled 2.4% higher at US$93.78 a barrel on Thursday, while spot gold eased 0.1% to US$4,521.96 an ounce.
In China, the SSE Composite Index gained 0.2% to 3,903.7, while the CSI 300 edged up 0.1% to 4,592.8.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index rose 0.8% to 25,698.5, while India's BSE Sensex added 0.8% to 77,537.7.
European markets finished mixed on Thursday. The UK's FTSE 100 gained 0.04% to 10,748.2, Germany's DAX fell 0.4% to 25,983.0 and France's CAC 40 declined 0.6% to 8,453.1.
