By Summer Zhen

HONG KONG, April 30 (Reuters) - Asian hedge funds outperformed their global peers in April amid a global market rebound following signs of easing tensions in the Middle East, Morgan Stanley said in a note.

• Hedge funds that mainly invest in Asia posted a 6.8% gain for the month through April 24, compared with an average gain of 3.8% among global hedge funds, according to a Morgan Stanley note sent to clients this week, which was seen by Reuters on Thursday.

• Asian hedge funds emerged as the best performers on both a month-to-date and year-to-date basis, the bank said.

• U.S. hedge funds gained 3.9% in April through April 24, while European hedge funds gained 2.4% over the same period.

• For the year, Asian hedge funds were up 8.9% through the end of last week.

• The MSCI World Index .MIWO00000PUS gained 4.6% for the same period.

• Taiwan attracted the most inflows from Asian hedge funds last week, followed by Japan.

• These funds sold China and South Korea modestly last week.

• The selling in China was largely driven by cuts in exposure to U.S.-listed Chinese internet firms, the note said.