Asian Shares Higher After Report Shows Resilience in US Jobs

A currency trader watches monitors near the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), (top L), at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, on April 10, 2023. Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo

Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Monday after a report Friday showed resilience in the U.S. jobs market. European markets were closed for Easter holidays.

Benchmarks rose in Tokyo and Seoul but fell in Shanghai. Markets were closed in Hong Kong and Sydney. U.S. futures were mixed and oil prices climbed.