singapore shares in japan looked set for a higher open on friday following overnight gains for tech stocks stateside as the nasdaq composite rebounded the nikkei futures contract in chicago was at 29465 while its counterpart in osaka was at 29410 that compared against the nikkei 225s last close at 2927786 australian stocks rose in morning trade as the spasx 200 gained 066 investors in asia will watch for moves in ecommerce stocks such as alibaba and jdcom following the singles day online shopping event overnight stateside the techheavy nasdaq composite rose 052 to 1570428 while the sp 500 advanced slightly to 464927 the dow jones industrial average lagged declining 15871 points to 3592123