SEOUL,  Asian stocks showed f life Tuesday after a global market sell-off, with several markets climbing into pive territory or paring losses after opening sharply lower.

Australian stocks the country's central bank cut interest rates by a bigger-than-expected 1 -200 index rose 2 percent to 4,634 after opening down 3.7 percent.

Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index erased some losses after briefly falling over 5 percent to below 10,000 for the first time in almost five years. By midday, it was trading about 1.7 at 10,292.