Asian markets settled mostly higher on Friday tracking Wall Street gains overnight after the US Senate passed a bill that suspended the government's borrowing limit to avert a default, while receding bets for a US interest rate hike by the US Federal Reserve this month also supported market sentiments. Chinese shares gained on optimism that Chinese policymakers will soon deliver the much-needed stimulus to boost economic growth. Moreover, Japanese shares rose after Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said the Japanese central bank is in no hurry to tighten its ultra-loose policy.
| Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
| Shanghai Composite | 3,230.07 | 25.44 | 0.79 |
| Hang Seng | 18,949.94 | 733.03 | 3.87 |
| Jakarta Composite | -- | -- | -- |
| KLSE Composite | 1,381.26 | -1.75 | -0.13 |
| Nikkei 225 | 31,524.22 | 376.21 | 1.19 |
| Straits Times | -- | -- | -- |
| KOSPI Composite | 2,601.36 | 32.19 | 1.24 |
| Taiwan Weighted | 16,706.91 | 194.26 | 1.16 |
