The rally in China helped MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan firm 0.3%, having surged 6.1% last week to a seven-month high. Wall Street also had a rousing week helped by a benign reading on core U.S. inflation on Friday that left the door open to another half-point rate cut from the Fed.

Asia share markets were mostly firmer on Monday as China announced more stimulus measures, though the Nikkei dived on concerns Japan's new prime minister favoured normalising interest rates. Continued Israeli strikes across Lebanon added geopolitical uncertainty to the mix,

Most Asia shares hold ground, Japan rate fears dent NikkeiAsia share markets were mostly firmer on Monday as China announced more stimulus measures, though the Nikkei dived on concerns Japan's new prime minister favoured normalising interest rates.