The leg higher in U.S. stocks Tuesday has....>

STOCKS: The leg higher in U.S. stocks Tuesday has resulted in a buoyant session

for Asia-Pacific stocks thus far (excluding China).

- The Nikkei 225 has drawn additional support from USD/JPY operating back above

Y112.00, trading 1.5% higher at writing, after trend line support provided the

benchmark with a base to build from on Tuesday.

- Chinese stocks have suffered on the back of another shaky session for the

Chinext index, with the CSI 300 trading 0.2% lower in the morning session, after

adding over 1.0% at the open.

- The Hang Seng is closed for a market holiday.

- The ASX 200 added 1.2%, with all of the major sectors, excluding materials,

moving higher.

- U.S. index futures trade unch. to a touch softer. A bumper earnings release

from Netflix after-market propelled futures to session highs late Tuesday.