The Asian stock markets, orphaned by the Chinese stock markets for the Lunar New Year, ended the session on the rise.
Investors' attention is focused on the quarterly results, a useful element for testing the performance of the global economy.
The next decisions of the central banks on monetary policy are under the spotlight, also in light of the Japanese GDP data.
Tokyo rises (+1.21%), to the highest in 34 years.
On the currency market, the yen is stable at the dollar at 150.10 and the euro at 161.10.
Hong Kong is also still trading positively (+0.47%).
Seoul (-0.2%) and Mumbai (-0.01%) were weak.
On the macroeconomic front, the economic estimates from the EU Commission are arriving.
From the United Kingdom, industrial production and GDP in the fourth quarter.
From Spain the inflation in the second reading of January and from Italy the trade balance.
A speech by the President of the ECB, Christine Lagarde, is also expected in the morning.
From the United States, retail sales, industrial production, the manufacturing index and company inventories.
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