Asian markets settled mostly down on Monday ahead of US non-farm payroll data for further cues on US Fed policy and inflation data from China due in the week. Chinese shares declined on persistent concerns about an economic slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy. Although, some losses were capped by renewed rate cut expectations in the United States and US Fed Chair Jerome Powell's comments that inflation was moving in the right direction.
| Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
| Shanghai Composite | 3,022.91 | -8.73 | -0.29 |
| Hang Seng | 16,646.05 | -184.25 | -1.11 |
| Jakarta Composite | 7,091.29 | 31.38 | 0.44 |
| KLSE Composite | 1,451.02 | -5.36 | -0.37 |
| Nikkei 225 | 33,231.27 | -200.24 | -0.60 |
| Straits Times | 3,082.65 | -7.66 | -0.25 |
| KOSPI Composite | 2,514.95 | 9.94 | 0.40 |
| Taiwan Weighted | 17,421.48 | -16.87 | -0.10 |
