Asian stocks rose, with the MSCI Asia-Pacific Index heading for its biggest two-day advance in five months, as reports showed Australia’s economy expanded twice as fast as economists estimated and U.S. service industries grew.

Nikkei 225 8,533.53 +151.53 +1.81%

S&P/ASX 200 4,055.3 +11.61 +0.29%

Shanghai Composite 2,302.53 -9.39 -0.41%

Westfield Group, the world’s biggest shopping center operator by assets, advanced 3.5 percent in Sydney. Sharp Corp., Japan’s largest maker of liquid-crystal displays, rose 6.9 percent.

Tokyo Derica Co., which sells women’s leather handbags, surged 17 percent after canceling a share sale.