Asia-Pacific equity markets took their cues from Wall Street, where the S&P 500 and tech-heavy Nasdaq slipped further after Wednesday's frenetic selling . However, on Friday, MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares was just 0.06% lower, following a 1.88% tumble the previous day. Taiwan's tech-heavy equity index, which had been closed for two days due to a typhoon, slumped 3.53% as it caught up with the global market rout