Most Asian stock markets rose Tuesday after Japan reported better-than-expected data for April.
Shares in Japan were also buoyed by expectations that a 2017 sales tax hike will be delayed until 2019, and by a weakening in the Japanese yen.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 0.6 percent to 17,173.97 and South Korea's Kospi added 0.5 percent to 1,977.69. Hong Kong's Hang Seng climbed 1.2 percent to 20,879.26 and the Shanghai Composite Index in mainland China jumped 2.2 percent to 2,884.83. Sydney's S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.3 percent to 5,393.60. Shares in Taiwan and Southeast Asia were mostly lower.
Benchmark US crude oil rose 23 cents to $49.56 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude used to price international oils, slipped 14 cents to $50.22 per barrel in London.
The dollar strengthened to 111.28 yen from 110.95 yen in Monday's trading. The euro edged up to $1.1149 from $1.1146, according to a news agency report.
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