Australia's currency traded more than 1% higher, too, after the central bank joined Japan as the only developed-world countries lifting interest rates.
The 25-basis point hike was mostly expected by markets and comes with inflation running above target and the labour market tight. Investors have ramped up bets on a follow-up hike in May, which is priced at about 75%.
Ahead, the ECB's lending survey can help investors gauge credit demand in Europe and earnings from Alphabet and Amazon later in the week anchor the U.S. calendar.
Elsewhere, market talk of a tax increase on gaming had Chinese internet stocks wobbly, while silver and gold were trying to find their footing.
Mining shares were accordingly higher in Australia, with rare earth miners also helped by Trump announcing plans for a strategic stockpile of critical minerals, backed by $10 billion in seed funding from the U.S. Export-Import Bank.
Elon Musk said on Monday that SpaceX has acquired his artificial-intelligence startup xAI in a record-setting deal that unifies Musk's AI and space ambitions.
