Stocks rise in Japan and China; most other major markets closed for holiday

Markets in Japan and mainland China gained Friday, following one other report day on Wall Street, as most other major international markets had been closed for the Good Friday holiday.

Japan’s Nikkei 225
NIK,
+1.58%
rose 1.1%, with SoftBank
9984,
+4.22%
rising greater than 3%. The Shanghai Composite
SHCOMP,
+0.52%
edged 0.4% greater, whereas the smaller-cap Shenzhen Composite
399106,
+0.89%
superior 1%. South Korea’s Kospi
180721,
+0.82%
gained 0.7% and shares inched greater in Malaysia
FBMKLCI,
+0.17%.
Markets in Hong Kong, Australia, Singapore and Taiwan had been closed for the holiday.