The leading Asian stock exchanges started the week's first trading day in good spirits and thus took the back of Friday's Wall Street rates.
In Tokyo, the important Nikkei 225 index had increased by 0.6 percent at lunchtime, while the broader Topix index added 1.3.
Also in Hong Kong, cheerful tones were heard when the Hang Seng index grew by 0.2 percent.
The composite indexes in Shanghai and Shenzhen joined in the major keys and rose 1.0 and 1.5 percent, respectively.
