Asian shares rose Friday on optimism about the rally on Wall Street and an economic rebound in the U.S., as investors awaited the release of jobs data.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 recouped early losses to edge up 0.3% to 29,414.00 in morning trading. Australia's S & P / ASX 200 added
เข้าเล่น slotxo 0.3% to 7,085.80, while South Korea's Kospi gained 0.7% to 3,199.99. Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 0.7% to 28,838.83, while the Shanghai Composite edged up 0.4% to 3,454.15.
U.S. employment data in the global day can offer insights into the strength of the global recovery. The same is true for data out of China. Worries continue about the recent surges of illnesses in India, Thailand and other countries.
Export-dependent Japan is preparing to extend its state of emergency to curb the spread of COVID-19 infections, which kicked in last month in some urban areas, with people asked to stay home and restaurants to close early.
A choppy day of trading on Wall Street ended with stocks broadly higher and another all-time high for the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Banks and technology companies led a late-afternoon turnaround that pushed the S&P 500 to a 0.8% gain, reversing the benchmark index's losses for the week. Gains in most Dow companies, including Goldman Sachs, IBM and Cisco Systems, nudged the blue chip index to a new high for the second straight day.
Apple, Microsoft and Intel were among the winners, contributing to the rally in tech stocks. That helped the S&P 500's technology sector break a seven-day losing streak, which reversed an early slide in the Nasdaq.
The stock indexes wavered earlier in the day, weighed down by a sell-off in health care stocks. Drugmakers Moderna and Pfizer closed lower following news late Wednesday that the White House supports waiving intellectual property rights for COVID0-19 vaccines in order to speed up immunizations in poorer countries.