Asian indices traded higher on Friday, taking positive cues from Wall Street overnight, but trading remained light as investors await possible clues about interest rates at an annual meeting of central bankers in Jackson Hole.
The weighted index on the Taiwan Stock Exchange ended up 126.72 points, or 1.36 percent, at 9,380.10, after fluctuating between 9,271.87 and 9,380.60 on turnover of NT$100.70 billion (US$3.36 billion).