Asian stock markets are higher on Friday following the positive cues overnight from Wall Street on upbeat corporate earnings results and continued optimism about easing COVID-19 restrictions. A continued decrease in the number of new jobless claims in the U.S. also boosted sentiment.
Investors now look ahead to the release of the U.S. jobs data for the month of April later today. Employment is expected to plunge by about 22 million jobs in April, driving the unemployment rate up to 14.0 percent.
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