Futures for mainland China's CSI 300 stood at 3,176, just slightly higher than the index's last close, a near six-year low of 3,172.47 on Thursday.

Asia-Pacific markets mostly fell on Friday, putting a halt to gains from Thursday even as Wall Street's tech rally continued.

In Asia, investors will react to August inflation figures out from India late Thursday, which showed that the consumer price index rose 3.65% year on year, rising from a five-year low. This was above July's revised figure of 3.6% and also beat expectations of 3.5% from economists polled by Reuters.

Futures for mainland China's CSI 300 stood at 3,176, just slightly higher than the index's last close, a near six-year low of 3,172.47 on Thursday.

Overnight in the U.S., the S&P 500 gained 0.75%, marking a four-day winning streak. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.58%, while the Nasdaq Composite saw the largest gain, rising 1%.

Thursday saw the last major data point for the U.S. economy before the Federal Reserve meeting next week, as the country's producer price index rose 0.2% month on month, in line with expectations from Dow Jones. On a year-on-year basis, headline PPI rose 1.7%.