Asian equity markets ended mostly higher on Friday, as oil prices rebounded ahead of US rig count data and the dollar held gains against the yen on the eve of a G7 meeting, with issues such as money laundering, tax evasion and currency volatility high on the agenda. Chinese shares eked out modest gains after China said it would allocate 27.64 billion yuan ($4.23 billion) from the central budget to cut steel and coal capacity. Japanese shares reversed early losses to end higher as a weaker yen boosted exporters' shares.
| Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
| Shanghai Composite | 2,825.48 | 18.58 | 0.66 |
| Hang Seng | 19,852.20 | 157.87 | 0.80 |
| Jakarta Composite | 4,711.88 | 7.66 | 0.16 |
| KLSE Composite | 1,628.79 | -4.97 | -0.30 |
| Nikkei 225 | 16,736.35 | 89.69 | 0.54 |
| Straits Times | 2,763.82 | 23.71 | 0.87 |
| KOSPI Composite | 1,947.67 | 0.89 | 0.05 |
| Taiwan Weighted | 8,131.26 | 35.28 | 0.44 |