MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS was up 0.6 percent. Shanghai .SSEC gained 0.5 percent.
Japan's Nikkei ended at its highest since last December on Thursday, led by mining stocks after OPEC agreed to cut crude output for the first time since 2008 to support oil prices, while a weak yen lifted overall sentiment.
The Nikkei share average gained 1.1 percent to 18,513.12, the highest closing level since Dec. 30, 2015.
China stocks rose on Thursday after an official survey showed manufacturing activity expanded at its strongest pace in more than two years, while surging oil prices boosted shares of energy companies.
The blue-chip CSI300 index rose 0.8 percent, to 3,565.04 points, while the Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.7 percent to 3,273.31 points, recovering much of their losses on Wednesday.
Reference: Reuters
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