Japan's Tokyo Stock Exchange halted all trading because of a technical glitch. It's not clear when the exchange will be operational again.
The exchange said in a statement that the problem concerned the distribution of market information, though it did not elaborate. The issue also appeared to affect smaller Japanese stock exchanges in Nagoya, Fukuoka and Sapporo.It's not clear when the exchange will be operational again. By midday, the exchange said that the suspension would last the entire day.The problems shut down one of the only major exchanges operating in Asia on Thursday.
Markets in mainland China will remain closed for several days for the Golden Week holiday.Markets elsewhere were higher. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 rose 1.5%. US stock futures advanced: The Dow ticked up 170 points, or 0.6%. S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures were each up 0.5%. Read MoreSeptember wasn't rosy for the market. Wall Street's major indexes all recorded losses, breaking a five-month winning streak and marking the first down-month since March.
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