Asian markets finished mostly lower on Monday, on risk aversion ahead to this week's US economic data. Sharp selloff in technological and financial sector stocks pressured the local indices. Japan's Nikkei tumbled on risk of more hawkish measures under new Prime minister elect Shigeru Ishiba. Weaker industrial data and sluggishness in export-oriented stocks with the stronger local currency yen also saddled the index further. Bucking the trend, Shanghai and Hang Seng stocks soared amidst optimism over Chinese economic rebound with the latest slew of aggressive stimulus measures from Beijing.
| Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
| Shanghai Composite | 3,336.50 | 248.97 | 7.46 |
| Hang Seng | 21,133.68 | 501.38 | 2.37 |
| Jakarta Composite | 7,527.93 | -168.99 | -2.24 |
| KLSE Composite | 1,648.91 | -11.18 | -0.67 |
| Nikkei 225 | 37,919.55 | -1,910.01 | -5.04 |
| Straits Times | 3,585.29 | 11.93 | 0.33 |
| KOSPI Composite | 2,593.27 | -56.51 | -2.18 |
| Taiwan Weighted | 22,224.54 | -598.25 | -2.69 |
