Asia markets are mostly higher following gains on Wall Street driven by Tesla, IBM and Meta Platforms after strong profit reports

Asian stock markets unevenly gained on Friday, as tech issues firmed on earnings-season results, while a softer yen boosted export shares in Japan. Tokyo finished in green, as did most other regional exchanges,

Apple and other big U.S. companies reporting fatter profits than expected are helping stock indexes shave off more of their sharp losses from the start of the week. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% at the start of trading on Friday and was on track for just a 0.

Asian shares are mixed in muted trading after the U.S. Federal Reserve opted not to cut interest rates for the first time since it began trying to help the economy through lower rates in September