Asia rallies 1% at the open on Covid 19 vaccine hopes

Asian stock indices opened the second session of July higher amid hopes for a possible new vaccine candidate by Pfizer which showed promising results, however the results aren't peer-reviewed yet. 

Earlier Australian data showed trade surplus up to 8.03 billion Australian dollars from 7.83 billion in April. 

Japan's TOPEX rose 0.6%, while Nikkei 225 advanced 0.36% to 22,201. 

China's CSI 300 rallied 1.17% to 4,297, while Shanghai gained 1.16% to 3,061. 

Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 1.32%, while South Korea's KOSPI added 0.83% to 2,124. 

New Zealand's rose 0.89%, while Australia's S&P/ASX 200 rallied 1.34% to 6,014.