MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan firmed 0.2%, to be a whisker from record highs. Japan's Nikkei bounced 1%, recovering all the losses suffered on Monday when caution had dominated markets. U.S. stocks also looked a little steadier as futures for the S&P 500 added 0.4% and NASDAQ futures 0.3%.
SYDNEY: Asian share markets edged ahead on Tuesday as investors wagered China's economic strength would help underpin growth in the region, even as pandemic lockdowns threatened to lengthen the road to recovery in the West.
Data out on Monday had confirmed China's economy was one of the few in the world to grow over 2020 and actually picked up speed as the year closed.
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