Hong Kong and Taipei put on more than 1% each, while Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul, Singapore, Wellington and Manila also saw healthy gains.
The bond market has responded positively to comments from China's central bank saying the spillover effects from Evergrande's debt woes on the banking system were controllable
Trading showed strong demand from investors in China for hedging tools amid market volatility - and a battle for derivatives dominance between Hong Kong and Singapore.
Soaring prices, energy crunches and a likely end to easy money all contributed to a less than energetic opening to the week’s trading
Banking giants JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley returned strong earnings figures though traders remained distracted by soaring prices and tapering worries.
Traders were buoyed by optimism about the long-term recovery but caution was also evident with prices rising and tightening in view
Shares of Chinese real estate firms slip as investors worry about the debt crisis that has hit the property sector, including China Evergrande Group, following fresh rating downgrades.
India’s fast-rising Russian oil imports are being matched by its rising oil exports suggesting it may be reselling Russia’s oil to the West.
US tech giant Apple told its Taiwan suppliers that products moving to China must be labelled to state that the island is a part of China and not an independent nation
Despite a moribund British economy and heavy corporate tax, Indian-owned tech firms are growing in the UK.
The Bitcoin mining ban in China last year had collapsed its crypto markets. Despite that, the country has reemerged as a major bitcoin mining hub, according to research by the UK's University of Cambridge.