Carmakers led the rally in Japan, where the Nikkei Stock Average surged 3.5% to its highest level in a year.

Japan and Europe are two of the U.S.’s largest trading partners and now that the markets have some certainty around trade, it’s back to “risk-on” for investors, according to Jim Reid’s team at Deutsche Bank.

Japan's government said on Friday that profits from a $550 billion investment package agreed in this week's tariff deal with the U.S. would be split between Japan and the U.S. according to the degree of contributions by each side.