Asian markets settled mostly higher on Monday tracking Wall Street’s gains last Friday, and despite bets that Donald Trump will win the upcoming presidential election after an assassination attempt on his life Saturday. Seoul shares gained slightly ahead of Fed Chair Jerome Powell's speech, US retail sales figures and Eurozone inflation data. Chinese shares rose after the central bank left its medium-term lending rate unchanged, as expected, at 2.5%, while investors were watching the third plenum meeting in China for measures to help revive the slumping property market and address huge local government debts. However, Hong Kong shares declined after China reported that its economy expanded at a lower-than-forecast 4.7% annual pace in the last quarter. Japanese market was closed for Marine Day holiday.
| Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
| Shanghai Composite | 2,974.01 | 2.71 | 0.09 |
| Hang Seng | 18,015.94 | -277.44 | -1.54 |
| Jakarta Composite | 7,278.86 | -48.72 | -0.67 |
| KLSE Composite | 1,629.82 | 10.76 | 0.66 |
| Nikkei 225 | -- | -- | -- |
| Straits Times | 3,499.89 | 2.11 | 0.06 |
| KOSPI Composite | 2,860.92 | 3.92 | 0.14 |
| Taiwan Weighted | 23,879.36 | -37.57 | -0.16 |
