According to Minkabu, the Hong Kong Economic Times and RTHK, Asian index futures drifted lower in the overnight session, with the Dow closing up nearly 1% while all three major U.S. gauges fell for the week. The dollar touched a three-month low against the euro as long-dated Treasury yields kept rising, New York gold ended more than 2% higher after topping $4,600, and U.S. services PMI for August hit a more-than-18-month high.

In Japan, Nikkei 225 futures for September 2026 delivery on the Osaka Exchange ended the night session at 66,010, down 80 points from the previous settlement, 6.36 points below the Nikkei 225 cash close of 66,016.36, on volume of 6,098 contracts. Nikkei 225 mini futures settled at 65,980, down 110, while TOPIX futures rose 1.5 points to 4,077.5.

South Korea's KOSPI 200 night-futures session traded from Friday evening, but no confirmed same-morning closing report was available, so its night-session figures are omitted here.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index night futures closed the after-hours session at 25,895, down 129 points, while the H-share (China Enterprises) night contract rose 0.4% to 6,303. U.S.-listed depositary receipts of Hong Kong names largely traded below their local close: Alibaba's ADR was equivalent to HK$116.97, about 4.9% below its Hong Kong close, Meituan's ADR eased 0.60% to HK$84.49, Tencent's slipped 0.37% to HK$455.32, and HSBC's edged up 0.26% to HK$163.33. Southbound flows recorded a net outflow of HK$7.63 billion, a third straight session of net selling.

Taiwan's TAIFEX index-futures after-hours session did not settle into Saturday morning, so there is no overnight futures close for the TAIEX contract this session.