Upwards on Asia's leading stock exchanges

It was lively on Asia's leading exchanges after a few hours of trading on Tuesday.

In Japan, the Nikkei 225 index was up 1 per cent and the broader Topix index had risen by 0.7 per cent.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng index and Shanghai's composite index had risen by 0.3 per cent each. Shenzhen's composite index was up 0.5 per cent.