According to RTHK, the Korea Herald and Hong Kong Economic Times, most Asian equity markets closed higher Friday as easing US rate-hike concerns lifted technology shares, though mainland China slipped.

Tokyo's Nikkei 225 ended a four-session losing streak, closing up 806 points, or 1.26 percent, at 65,020. Chip-related names advanced, with Advantest gaining 2.51 percent and Tokyo Electron edging up, while Sony eased 0.26 percent. For the week the index still fell about 2.1 percent as a stronger yen weighed on exporters; the yen rose more than 2 percent against the dollar to around 155.

Seoul's Kospi rose for a second straight session, finishing up 107.73 points, or 1.64 percent, at 6,687.21. Foreign and institutional investors bought a combined net 2.15 trillion won. Samsung Electronics gained 2.2 percent to 255,500 won and SK hynix added 3.2 percent to 1,647,000 won, while refiners SK Innovation and S-Oil jumped on higher oil prices. Daishin Securities analyst Lee Kyoung-min said rate-hike concerns eased after comments from Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller, though Middle East and yen carry-trade risks persist. The index shed about 1.5 percent for the week.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index closed up 437 points at 25,650, with the Hang Seng Tech Index rising 2.3 percent to 4,569; turnover reached HK$276.86 billion. Lenovo climbed 6 percent, Meituan rose more than 5 percent to HK$81.75, and Alibaba and Tencent each gained more than 2 percent, closing at HK$110.10 and HK$442.80 respectively. Hua Hong Semiconductor fell about 8 percent ahead of its inclusion in the benchmark.

Taiwan's TAIEX advanced 693.47 points, or 1.51 percent, to close at 46,551.13, with turnover of NT$825.6 billion. TSMC rose 0.84 percent to NT$2,410. The three major institutional investors bought a net NT$62.8 billion, and foreign funds returned as net buyers.

In mainland China, the Shanghai Composite closed down 11 points, or 0.3 percent, at 3,930, with semiconductor, computing-hardware and consumer-electronics shares weakening; more than 2,900 stocks fell. The Shenzhen Component Index dropped 0.79 percent to 13,516 and the ChiNext Index lost 0.78 percent to 3,286. For the week the Shanghai gauge fell 0.56 percent, the Shenzhen Component slid 3.13 percent and the ChiNext dropped 4.03 percent.