Asian shares higher on Good Friday after S&P 500 tops 4,000 points

Currency traders watch computer monitors near screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), left, and the foreign exchange rate between US dollar and South Korean won at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 2, 2021. Asian shares were higher Friday after a broad rally pushed the S&P 500 past 4,000 points for the first time. - AP

BANGKOK, April 2 (AP): Asian shares were higher in listless trading on Friday after a broad rally pushed the S&P 500 past 4,000 points for the first time.

Many markets were closed for Good Friday. Tokyo surged more than 1% and Seoul and Shanghai also gained.