• Asian stocks traded moderately higher on Friday as regional markets attempted to recover after sliding on trade jitters in the last session. The advance in Asia also came on the back of tech-led gains seen stateside as Apple became the first publicly traded U.S. company to hit a market cap of $1 trillion.

Japan's Nikkei 225 edged up by 0.4 percent in early trade, with the oil and coal sector, as well as automakers, contributing to the overall move higher. Steelmakers and utilities, however, declined.

In South Korea, the Kospi added 0.43 percent as the manufacturing sector notched gains in morning trade, with cosmetics also edging higher. Index heavyweight Samsung Electronics was up 0.44 percent in the morning.

Reference: Reuters, CNBC