Asian ADRs up nearly 1 pct; SK Telecom rises

Hong Kong, May 3 (Reuters) Asian stocks listed on Wall Street <.bkas> rose 0.94 per cent, gaining for a second straight session, as South Korea's top mobile operator SK Telecom and India's second largest lender ICICI Bank gained ground.

The US stocks rallied yesterday pushing the blue-chip Dow <.dji> to a fresh all-time high, thanks to robust profits, a flurry of buyout offers and upbeat factory orders data.

MSCI's measure of Asia Pacific stocks excluding Japan <.msciapj> climbed 0.75 per cent yesterday, ending three straight sessions of declines.

-- HEADLINES: >Wall Street rallies on M&A, earnings; Dow at record [.N] >US March factory orders rise surprising 3.1 pct [nN02308134] >Oil falls below $67 on US crude supply rise [nSP169005] >Westpac Banking H1 profit rises 11 percent [nSYU002264] >Telecom NZ Q3 profit up 7.2 pct, returns NZ$1.1b [nWEL93442] >Macquarie closes $10.3 bln infrastructure funds [nL02494673] >Kookmin Bank on shortlist for KGI Securities -pape [nSEO166664] >China's Perfect Field in $1.8 bln S'pore solar dea [nSIN189807] >Legal threat seen if Dow Jones rejects bid [nN02326567] >Symantec profit beats Wall Street view, shares up [nN02387631] >Dollar edges up; all eyes on US payrolls [USD/] >ADR Report-Data, deals spark gains; Ahold advances [ADR/] -- KEY INDEXES pct change Bank of New York Asia ADR index <.bkas> +0.94 Dow Jones Industrial Average <.dji> +0.58 Nasdaq Composite Index <.ixic> +1.04 MSCI Asia Pacific ex-Japan <.msciapj> +0.75 Nikkei futures in Chicago 17,500.00 Nikkei futures in Osaka 17,440.00 -- ASIAN ADR ACTION: 5 most actively traded: price change/pct UMC +0.30 TSMC -0.65 SK Telecom +4.67 Infosys Tech +0.56 ICICI Bank +2.23 -- Top 5 performers: price change/pct Brilliance +6.01 Santos +4.81 Prana Biotech +4.70 SK Telecom +4.67 Orix +3.79 -- Bottom 5 performers: price change/pct i-Cable Comms -3.26 Advantest -1.32 Chartered Semi -1.30 Metal Storm -1.30 Nidec Copal -1.29 -- TOP ASIA EVENTS: For more Asian company earnings, see [ASIA/EQTY] JAPAN - Markets closed, public holiday S.KOREA - Earnings: Woori Financial Group HONG KONG - Earnings: Manulife Financial Corp. TAIWAN - Earnings: Mediatek INDIA - Earnings: Housing Development Finance Corp.

, Colgate-Palmolive India CHINA - Markets closed for week-long Golden Week holidays -- REUTERS PM GC1135