It was mixed on Asia's leading stock exchanges in the initial trading on Tuesday.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange, which was closed on Monday, had risen by over 2 percent by lunchtime. The important Nikkei 225 index was up 2.2 percent and the broader Topix index had risen 1.8 percent.
On the other hand, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index was hovering just below zero, while Shanghai's and Shenzhen's composite index was hovering just above the same level.
