Asian shares shrugged off a sluggish start and pushed higher on Tuesday, with Japanese markets leading the way after an upbeat U.S. manufacturing survey bolstered the dollar.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS was up 0.2 percent in afternoon trade. Markets in China are on holiday this week.
Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Tuesday, with exporters up after the yen weakened against the dollar on data suggesting the U.S. manufacturing sector grew better than expected in September.
The Nikkei gained 0.8 percent to 16,735.65, its highest closing level since Sept. 23.
Hong Kong stocks posted modest gains on Tuesday led by consumer staples and a rally in developer China Evergrande, but gains were capped by concerns that more cities in China may take steps to cool surging property prices.
The benchmark Hang Seng Index ended up 0.5 percent at 23,689.44 points, while the China Enterprises Index gained 0.8 percent at 9,756.77.
Reference: Reuters
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