Asian stocks climbed, with the regional benchmark index touching the highest level since August 2011, after U.S. shares surged to a record as the service industry expanded at the fastest pace in a year and investors bet central banks will continue stimulus measures.

Nikkei 225 11,932.27 +248.82 +2.13%

Hang Seng 22,777.84 +217.34 +0.96%

S&P/ASX 200 5,116.79 +41.43 +0.82%

Shanghai Composite 2,347.18 +20.87 +0.90%

Toyota Motor Corp., a carmaker that gets 25 percent of its sales in North America, rose 2 percent in Tokyo.

Sharp Corp. jumped 14 percent as the unprofitable Japanese television maker is said to be in talks to secure investment from Samsung Electronics Co.