EU finance ministers agreed on a 500 billion euro ($670 billion) emergency fund in the early hours of Monday to protect highly indebted eurozone countries from the 'wolfpack' of financial markets.
U.S. stock futures were trading about 2.5 percent higher as of 0155 GMT.
The benchmark Hang Seng index was indicated to open 198.66 points higher at 20,118.95. The China Enterprises index of top locally listed mainland companies was set to open up 1.67 percent.
((Reporting by Vikram S Subhedar; Editing by Chris Lewis))
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