Asian markets settled mostly higher on Monday. Japan's Nikkei share average rose to a 34-year peak, with financials and shippers leading the surge. Chinese shares gained marginally after the People's Bank of China boosted liquidity in the banking system through reverse repos and medium-term lending facility. Investors are awaiting Q4 GDP data due this week. However, Hong Kong shares slipped on lingering worries about China’s economy and after the Chinese central bank held off cutting short-term interest rates.
| Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
| Shanghai Composite | 2,886.29 | 4.31 | 0.15 |
| Hang Seng | 16,216.33 | -28.25 | -0.17 |
| Jakarta Composite | 7,224.00 | -17.14 | -0.24 |
| KLSE Composite | 1,501.11 | 13.77 | 0.93 |
| Nikkei 225 | 35,901.79 | 324.68 | 0.90 |
| Straits Times | 3,199.42 | 7.70 | 0.24 |
| KOSPI Composite | 2,525.99 | 0.94 | 0.04 |
| Taiwan Weighted | 17,546.82 | 33.99 | 0.19 |
