Asia’s benchmark stock index headed for its fourth straight weekly advance as investors awaited U.S. jobs data. Energy and industrial shares led gains today.

Nikkei 225 15,274.07 +139.32 +0.92%

S&P/ASX 200 5,462.31 +16.42 +0.30%

Shanghai Composite 2,057.91 -1.67 -0.08%

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., the refiner better known as Sinopec, climbed 3.4 percent in Hong Kong after Premier Li Keqiang reiterated this week that China would allow private investment in oil and power projects.

Fanuc Corp., a factory-robotics maker that get 78 percent of sales overseas, gained 1.8 percent in Tokyo as exporters advanced with the yen trading near a five-week low against the dollar.

Great Wall Motor Co. dropped 2.5 percent in Hong Kong after reporting slower sales.