Asia shares track Wall Street higher, US dollar firm

Asian shares edged higher on Tuesday while the dollar stood firm as upbeat US earnings boosted Wall Street and factory surveys in the United States and Europe boasted their best readings so far this year.

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan inched up 0.1 percent with most components yet to trade.

Australian stocks added 0.5 percent and futures pointed to an opening gain of around 0.8 percent for Japan's Nikkei helped by a softening yen.

Wall Street took encouragement from upbeat corporate results and the Dow rose 0.46 percent, while the S&P 500 gained 0.47 percent and the Nasdaq or 0.91 percent.

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