Asian shares recover after Apple, oil boost Wall St

A pedestrian holding her mobile phone walks past electronic boards showing the Japan's Nikkei average (top L) and the Japanese yen's exchange rate against the euro (top R) outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, February 9, 2016.

ASIA: Asian shares recovered from two-month lows on Tuesday after a rebound in technology giant Apple Corp and oil price gains boosted Wall Street.

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS rose 0.4 percent, extending the recovery from its two month low set on Friday. Japan's Nikkei .N225gained about 0.8 percent.