Asian stocks were mostly lower Friday, with Japan's benchmark Nikkei losing over 2% in early trading after a sharp decline on Wall Street driven by high expectations. United States futures and oil prices were higher. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 sank 2.6% to 38,053.67. On Thursday, the Bank of Japan announced it would keep its…

HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks were mostly lower Friday morning, with Japan’s benchmark Nikkei losing over 2% in early trading after a sharp decline on Wall Street driven by high expectations.

Amazon led U.S. stock indexes higher, while a surprisingly weak jobs report marred by some unusual occurrences cemented bets on Wall Street for another cut to interest rates next week.