Asian markets have opened with gains after U.S. stock indexes slipped as Wall Street’s weak end to last year carried into 2025

Wall Street is rallying out of its holiday-season funk on Friday, and its best day in nearly two months is helping to trim U.S. stock indexes’ losses for the week. The S&P 500 climbed 1.2% toward its first gain since Christmas.

Trees that didn’t find a home this festive season were given to some of the animals on Friday in what has become an annual event. Elephants tore off branches with their trunks, lobbing them around their enclosure or eating the greenery.