Moderna reported its vaccine was 90 percent effective against coronavirus six months after the second dose, while Pfizer revealed it will deliver 10 percent more doses to the United States next month than previously agreed, seemingly lifting optimism about the recovery of the world's largest economy despite a setback related to the Johnson & Johnson shot.
On the Chinese mainland, the Shenzhen Composite traded 1.0 percent higher, as the Shanghai Composite added 0.22 percent. Hong Kong's Hang Seng went up by 1.14 percent, as the Australian S&P/ASX 200 increased by 0.63 percent.
South Korea's Kospi Composite went 0.02 percent down and Japan's Nikkei 225 decreased 0.34 percent. The dollar fell 0.18 percent against the yen, going for ¥108.8580.