Morning Bid: Scope for a month-end bounce in Asia

Feb 28 (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. Investors await a torrent of Asian economic data on Tuesday, including Indian GDP, with market sentiment appearing to brighten a little going into the last trading day of the month. As U.S. bond yields eased and there was a rare pause in the cranking up of Fed rate expectations, equities were relatively calm on Monday – Europe’s Stoxx 600 had its best day in more than three weeks, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both rose modestly and the VIX ‘fear’ index fell back to…