Investing.com - Shares in Asia gained on Monday centrist Emmanuel Macron matched opinion poll expectations and handily beat anti-EU far-right candidate Marine Le Pen with the Nikkei 225 surging more than 1.5%.
In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.2% and South Korea's Kospi made moderate gains of 0.21%
China is expected to report trade data with a trade balance surplus of $35.05 billion seen.
Stock futures in the U.S. were steady to hire after the French poll results.
Last week, U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher. At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.26%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.41%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.42%.