Asian Markets
Stocks in Asia rose slightly on Friday as European and North American markets were closed for Easter.
- Markets in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and India were all closed.
- The Bank of Korea is expected to keep its interest rates at 3.5% following its monetary policy meeting on Tuesday.
- Asian banks took a beating in Q1, with the market capitalization of over 2/3rds of the top 20 banks decreasing.
| SP Asia 50 | 4,742.12 | -0.05% |
| Japan (Nikkei 225) | 27,518.31 | 0.17% |
| South Korea (KOSPI) | 2,490.41 | 1.27% |
| China (Hang Seng) | 20,277.01 | 0.01% |
| India (SENSEX) | 59,832.97 | 0.24% |
*Asian stock prices are as of 7 am ET. Data received directly from the reference indexes through ICE Data Services.