The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index of Chinese companies listed in Hong Kong gained 1 percent, its first advance in three days. The Shanghai Composite Index increased 0.5 percent.

Five-hundred and fifty-six companies in the Shanghai Composite have released annual earnings since the start of the year, posting average net income growth of 14.2 percent, which trails analyst estimates by 2 percent, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That compared with an increase of 38 percent in the previous year.

Quanta Computer Inc., the world's largest contract maker of laptops, surged 6.9 percent in Taipei after reporting the highest quarterly net income since 2009. Taiwan's Taiex Index increased 0.8 percent.

The BSE India Sensitive Index, or Sensex, advanced 2 percent.

The extra yield investors demand to own emerging-market debt over U.S. Treasuries fell one basis point to 345, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s EMBI Global Index.

 

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