Chinese content aggregator Qutoutiao Inc, which is backed by technology giant Tencent Holdings Ltd , filed for an initial public offering of up to $300 million with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday.

** S&P 500 gains 0.6 pct as investors navigate corporate results amid geopolitical headwinds

The summer roller-coaster in two of the four big-cap 'FANG' names - Facebook Inc, Amazon.com Inc, Netflix Inc and Google-parent Alphabet Inc - has led to a shift, albeit slight, into value stocks.

* Hang Seng index ends up 0.42 pct China Enterprises index rises 0.33 percent HSI financial sector sub-index is flat; property sector down 0.1 percent

Shares in China fell on Friday, pulled down by healthcare companies after a vaccine maker warned it could be delisted due to an ongoing vaccine scandal, but planned talks between the United States and China helped ease trade war fears.

Google is not close to launching a search engine app in China, its chief executive said at a companywide meeting on Thursday, according to a transcript seen by Reuters, as employees of the Alphabet Inc unit called for more transparency and oversight of the project.

A federal judge on Thursday ruled prosecutors could not retry three former employees of a firm that advises companies on shareholder votes who were accused of using bribes to learn how a proxy advisory firm's investor clients voted.

Netflix Inc has signed a deal with American television producer and writer Kenya Barris, the creator of ABC's comedy show "Black-ish", as the streaming giant diversifies its original content.

A federal judge on Thursday ruled that prosecutors could not retry three former employees of a firm that advises companies on shareholder votes who were accused of participating in a scheme to pay bribes to learn how a proxy adviser's clients voted.

China's second-largest e-commerce firm, JD.com Inc, said it is shifting management of its warehousing assets to a separate unit, in a move it hopes will revive profits after it swung back to a loss in April-June.