SINGAPORE, April 30 ― Asian stocks inched higher today as investors awaited a slew of economic data, corporate earnings and the US Federal Reserve's policy meeting, while the yen was slightly weaker a day after suspected intervention rescued it from 34-year lows.

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was 0.36 per cent higher, set to clock in a nearly 1 per cent gain for the month, its third straight month of gains. Nikkei rose 1 per cent as Japan reopened after a holiday yesterday.