Asian stocks rose on Thursday to clock their strongest performance in 10 months, as investor sentiment warmed on a relatively benign global interest rates outlook and signs of economic recovery.
Europe and Wall Street are also set to open higher with FTSE futures and E-mini futures for the S&P 500 index up about 0.1% each.
The MSCI Asia-ex-Japan stocks index (.MIAPJ0000PUS) was up 0.1% at 0507 GMT, gaining 6.9% so far this month, setting it on course to mark the best month since January.
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