Asian stocks ticked up on Tuesday staying near a nine-month as hopes of stabilization in the Chinese economy helped investors shrug off Wall Street's underperformance that followed disappointing bank earnings.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.3 percent.
Mainland Chinese shares rose 1.7 percent.
The dollar, which tends to underperform when risk appetite increases, was steady at 96.980 against a basket of six major currencies.
The Australian dollar fell 0.4 percent to $0.7146.