The Emmy Awards, the highest honors in television, had evolved into an annual battle for bragging rights between two prestige-TV powerhouses - HBO and Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX). This year, Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) is the company expected to land on top.

U.S. stock index futures were marginally higher on Friday as investors reevaluated the possibility of a bigger interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve next week, while Boeing (NYSE:BA) fell after the planemaker's factory workers went on strike.

An Indian antitrust investigation has found U.S. e-commerce giant Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Walmart (NYSE:WMT)'s Flipkart violated local competition laws by giving preference to select sellers on their shopping websites, according to reports seen by Reuters.

Asian currencies firmed on Friday, while the dollar retreated as markets bet that the Federal Reserve will kick off an easing cycle from next week, with focus squarely on the scale of a potential interest rate cut. 

Bitcoin’s price fell on Friday amid a dearth of any major positive cues for crypto assets, although losses in the token were limited by persistent speculation over lower U.S. interest rates. 

Most Asian stocks rose on Friday as focus turned to the Federal Reserve’s first potential interest rate cut in over four years, with Hong Kong markets leading gains on bargain buying into local technology heavyweights.