Asian stock markets closed higher on Friday. Japan's benchmark index, Nikkei 225 rose 211.35 points or 1.23 percent to settle at 17,459.85.
While China's benchmark index, Shanghai Composite gained 52.35 points or 1.99 percent to close at 2,682.83.Hong Kong's Hang Seng lost 16.83 points or 0.07 percent to end at 23,987.45.
Singapore's Straits Times went up 16.57 points or 0.5 percent to end at 3,357.53. South Korea's KOSPI lost 1.31 points or 0.07 percent to end at 1,980.78. Taiwan's TAIEX gained 21.84 points or 0.24 percent to end at 9,187.15.