Asian equity markets ended mostly higher on Monday as better-than-expected U.S. jobs and factory data underscored the resilience of the world's largest economy and movements in the dollar failed to change investor views on the outlook for U.S. interest rates. Data showed that US employers added 215,000 jobs in March, which was largely in line with expectations, with growth in nearly every domestically-oriented sector. The unemployment rate edged up to 5%, though that was largely due to more people joining the labor force. However, Japanese shares hit a fresh one-month low as the yen strengthened and March sales proved a mixed bag for the country's three big automakers. Markets in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan were closed for public holidays.
| Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
| Shanghai Composite | - | - | - |
| Hang Seng | - | - | - |
| Jakarta Composite | 4,850.18 | 6.99 | 0.14 |
| KLSE Composite | 1,725.24 | 14.69 | 0.86 |
| Nikkei 225 | 16,123.27 | -40.89 | -0.25 |
| Straits Times | 2,835.35 | 16.86 | 0.60 |
| KOSPI Composite | 1,978.97 | 5.40 | 0.27 |
| Taiwan Weighted | - | - | - |