Welcome to Mint live blog. Track this space for latest news and updates on stock markets. Both Japan's Nikkei 225 and Hang Seng index in Hong Kong traded 0.8% higher in early deals.
Shanghai Composite index in China climbed up 0.7% and Korea's Kospi rose 1.6%. SGX Nifty, which indicates the movement for Indian equities, was up more than 1% in the morning trade.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared 3.2%, or nearly 700 points, to finish the day at 22,327.48. The broad-based S&P 500 advances 3.4% to close at 2,626.85, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 3.6% to 7,774.15.
Key Wall Street indices jumped on Monday, led in part by healthcare stocks as investors turned to shares that have become cheap and can withstand the