Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly higher after another set of Wall St records WSB-TV Channel 2 [Video]

BANGKOK — (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Friday in quiet holiday trading, with markets closed in Hong Kong, Sydney, Singapore and India, among other places.

Many financial markets are closed on Friday for Good Friday. In India, markets were closed for the Holi holiday.

Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.4% to 40,316.56 and the Kospi in Seoul edged 0.1% higher, to 2,748.55. The Shanghai Composite index gained 0.5% to 3,025.56.

Taiwan’s Taiex advanced 0.4%. In Bangkok, the SET added 0.3%.

On Thursday, the S&P 500 added 0.1%, to its all-time high set a day before and closed at 5,254.35. It gained 10.2% in the first quarter.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average ticked up 0.1% to 39,807.37 and likewise set a record. The Nasdaq composite dipped 0.1% to 16,379.46.

Oil prices jumped. U.S. benchmark crude oil gained $1.82 to $83.17 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile …