Asia markets are mostly higher on Friday following gains on Wall Street driven by Tesla, IBM and Meta Platforms after strong profit reports. U.S. futures and oil prices rose. Japan's core inflation rate,

Several data points are expected out of Japan later today, including CPI for January and unemployment and retail sales figures for December.

Shares were mixed in thin Asian trading on Monday after U.S. stocks edged back from their all-time high. Oil prices fell and U.S. futures sank, while Chinese shares shed some of their early gains after a survey of manufacturers showed export orders dropping to a five-month low.

Australia's export price index rose 3.6%, while its import price index advanced 0.2% in the fourth quarter of 2024.

Wall Street is pointing slightly lower in early trading but is on track to close the week with solid gains on healthy quarterly earnings reports from large U.S. corporations.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting around a record on Friday as they head for the close of a second straight winning week.

Shares are mixed in Asia after U.S. stocks edged back from their all-time high, with many regional markets closed for lunar new year holidays

Tesla, IBM and Meta Platforms helped lead most US stocks higher on Thursday following a rush of profit reports from some of the country’s most influential companies. The S&P 500 rose 0.5%, as four out of every five stocks in the index climbed.