Asian markets ended mostly higher on Friday, despite Wall Street’s overnight fall followed by growing prospects of higher for longer US interest rates. Chinese and Hong Kong markets gained on reports that China's market regular has issued a slew of measures to promote the development of the private economy as part of the nation's broader efforts to stimulate the private sector for greater economic growth. However, Japanese markets declined after the Bank of Japan maintained its ultra-loose monetary policy, while a private survey showed that Japan's manufacturing activity fell back into contraction in June and service sector growth slowed for the first time in seven months.
| Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
| Shanghai Composite | 3,132.43 | 47.73 | 1.52 |
| Hang Seng | 18,057.45 | 402.04 | 2.23 |
| Jakarta Composite | 7,016.84 | 25.37 | 0.36 |
| KLSE Composite | 1,450.23 | 2.02 | 0.14 |
| Nikkei 225 | 32,402.41 | -168.62 | -0.52 |
| Straits Times | 3,204.82 | 2.01 | 0.06 |
| KOSPI Composite | 2,508.13 | -6.84 | -0.27 |
| Taiwan Weighted | 16,344.48 | 27.81 | 0.17 |
