Asia-Pacific shares traded higher as investors looked ahead to the Federal Reserve's Wednesday meeting, as well as some economic data in the region.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was up 0.33% to close at 7,501.7. Japan's Nikkei 225 gained 0.07% to end at 27,346.88 even as Japan's factory activity logs a third consecutive month of contraction in January.
South Korea's Kospi advanced 1.02% to 2,449.8 and the Kosdaq rose 1.41% to 750.96, as South Korea's export numbers in January fell 16.6% on an annualized basis.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index rose 0.38% in early trade. Mainland China's Shanghai Composite added 0.9% to 3,284.92 and the Shenzhen Component was up 1.31% to close at 12,158.19 Hong Kong is set to release its fourth quarter GDP data later in the day.
Overnight on Wall Street, major indexes rose on the back of strong earnings and encouraging inflation data.
On Wednesday, the Fed will announce how much it is increasing interest rates to tackle high inflation, and markets are expecting a 25 basis point, or 0.25 percentage point, bump from the central bank.