Asian stock indices opened the second session of the week mostly higher in tandem with Wall Street, with Japan, China, Australia, Hong Kong, South Korea higher, while New Zealand lost ground.
The Reserve Bank of Australia is expected to maintain rates at record low of 0.25%, while governor Philip Lowe is expected to testify ahead of the house of representatives later this week about the economic landscape.
From Japan, the monetary base index rose 18.9%, up from 18.3% in December, while analysts expected 19.2%.
Japan's TOPEX rose 0.68%, while Nikkei 225 climbed 0.61% to 28,262.
China's CSI 300 rose 0.61% to 5,450, while Shanghai climbed 0.28% to 3,515.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 1.69%, while South Korea's KOSPI rose 2.52% to 3,133.
New Zealand's NZX 50 fell 0.51%, while Australia's S&P/ASX 200 rose 1.39% to 6,755.