Asian are generally higher after most stocks on Wall Street fell following a disappointing report that said inflation was worse last month at the U.S. wholesale level than economists had expected.U.S.

U.S. stocks opened lower on Thursday after a reading on the July producer-price index came in much hotter than economists had expected. Although some pointed out that much of the increase was driven by services inflation,

U.S. stock index futures slipped on Thursday after hotter-than-expected producer prices data contrasted with recent tame consumer prices data that had boosted bets of Federal Reserve interest rate cuts this year.