Asian markets settled mostly higher on Friday tracking Wall Streets’ gains overnight and eased concerns over ongoing trade war after the US President Donald Trump unveiled the framework of a trade agreement with the United Kingdom and also signaled upcoming talks with China this week would be more substantial than initially thought. However, Chinese shares dropped despite upbeat April trade data, with exports rising 8.1% in dollar terms compared with a year earlier and imports shrinking 0.2%.
| Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
| Shanghai Composite | 3,342.00 | -10.00 | -0.30 |
| Hang Seng | 22,867.74 | 91.82 | 0.40 |
| Jakarta Composite | 6,832.80 | 5.05 | 0.07 |
| KLSE Composite | 1,546.50 | 3.76 | 0.24 |
| Nikkei 225 | 37,503.33 | 574.70 | 1.53 |
| Straits Times | 3,876.16 | 27.94 | 0.72 |
| KOSPI Composite | 2,577.27 | -2.21 | -0.09 |
| Taiwan Weighted | 20,915.04 | 371.64 | 1.78 |
