Asian markets were mixed on Friday following recent strong gains and after the Dow and the S&P 500 hit new records.

Modest gains on Wall Street came after an upward revision to US GDP for the second quarter and bumper results from AI chip giant Nvidia.

The upward GDP hike to 3.3 percent from 3.0 percent mainly reflected improvements in investment and consumer spending.

"After the initial release, there were concerns that the domestic (US) economy was slowing quite sharply," said Richard Flax at Moneyfarm. "But these latest data suggest that the economy is a bit stronger than initially feared."

Attention is now on Friday's release of a key US inflation reading and the implications for the US Federal Reserve's interest rate outlook.

The Paris stock market extended its recovery after tum

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