Stocks were mixed in Asian trade on Tuesday as investors move cautiously ahead of a deluge of corporate results later in the week.
With all markets now open again after an extended Easter break, many fluctuated in morning trade but rallied by the afternoon.
Tokyo stocks ended marginally up for a third straight session, with profit-taking before 10 days of holidays in Japan weighing on the market.
Seoul, Sydney and Mumbai gained while Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore were down.
Investors are waiting for a number of major earnings releases expected this week, including Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Exxon Mobil and auto maker Tesla.
"Some of the world's biggest technology companies are reporting earnings this week as well as a raft of the big European banks," Nick Twidale, chief operating officer at Rakuten Securities Australia, said in a note to clients.
"Investors will be hoping for some better-than-expected results from both groups to keep the topside momentum in global equities, however if the data starts to show a significant slowing across these key industries then expect both stocks and risk trades to start to come under some heavy pressure."
But she said that "the sustainability of oil's rally depends on Saudi and other OPEC members' actions to increase oil supply in the month to come."
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