MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.6 percent in early trade, entering positive territory for the year for the first time during Asian hours.
Japan's Nikkei rose 1.2 percent while MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan , which fell to six-month low on Monday, was up 0.2 percent.
Sterling was up 1.4 percent against the dollar and London's FTSE led equity markets with a 1.5 percent surge to help European shares rebound from two-month lows and wipe out what had looked like being a second week of losses.