Asian stocks rose on Wednesday following recovery in U.S. shares supported by the corporate earnings outlook and signs that Federal Reserve officials favor measured monetary-policy tightening.
Equities in Japan among the few markets open in Asia due to the Lunar New Year holiday inched up by 1.82%.
U.S. Treasuries were little changed. Equity futures pushed higher, with contracts on the technology-heavy Nasdaq 100 up 1% after strong Alphabet Inc. earnings.
Oil steadied near a seven-year high ahead of a meeting of OPEC and its allies on boosting output.
