The upbeat mood about global growth was also reflected in commodity markets, with copper prices hovering near 20-month highs and oil prices near 18-month peaks.
While worries about Greece's ability to cut its mountain of debt continued to weigh on the euro , those concerns scarcely caused a ripple in Asian markets news, with some investors citing profit-taking as the biggest near-term threat to the regional rally in stocks, bonds and currencies.
"Both domestic and U.S. economic fundamentals have been showing signs of improvement, and sentiment is solid," said Kim Yong-kyun, a market analyst at Daishin Securities in Seoul.