Tokyo stocks ended higher as benchmark Nikkei index finished at 8,773.68, up 168.06, just shy of a 2% gain. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index rose nearly two and one-half percent.
Singapore’s benchmark Straits Times Index at closed 0.93 per cent higher at 2,693.05.
However, India’s the Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensex, ended 20.76 points lower at 16,536.47. The wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty fell 5.25 points to 4,974.35, after climbing to 5,045.10.
In Europe the FTSE fell to close at 5,396. The CAC-40 in Paris dropped a quarter of a percentage. The DAX index in Frankfurt rose three-tenths of a percent.
At 05:34 PM UTC, the US stocks were mixed. The Dow Jones is down 0.16 percent, while the S&P 500 index has lost 0.04 percent. The NASDAQ composite index is ahead 0.30 percent.
The dollar is trading lower against the euro, but up against the yen. The Indian Rupee strengthened by 9 paise to Rs 48.88 per US dollar.
Crude oil prices were mixed in Asia today. New York's main contract, light sweet crude was up 18 cents to 85.59 dollar per barrel. Brent North Sea crude dipped 14 cents to 108.81 dollar.
Gold is trading down $12.85 at $1,663.80 an ounce.