Asian markets ended mostly down on Monday as investors awaited clarity on the next round of tariffs from the US President Donald Trump set for April 2. Japanese shares marginally fell after a survey showed Japanese business activity shrank for the first time in five months in March. Seoul shares declined after South Korea's Constitutional Court dismissed the impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo and reinstated him as acting president, ruling the accusations against him weren't against the law or weren't serious enough to remove him from office. However, Chinese and Hong Kong shares gained amid signs of improving global sentiment towards China. The US President Donald Trump said his top trade chief, Jamieson Greer, plans to speak with his Chinese counterpart this week amid an escalating tariff war.
| Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
| Shanghai Composite | 3,370.03 | 5.20 | 0.15 |
| Hang Seng | 23,905.56 | 215.84 | 0.90 |
| Jakarta Composite | 6,161.22 | -96.96 | -1.57 |
| KLSE Composite | 1,503.82 | -1.63 | -0.11 |
| Nikkei 225 | 37,608.49 | -68.57 | -0.18 |
| Straits Times | 3,936.33 | 9.88 | 0.25 |
| KOSPI Composite | 2,632.07 | -11.06 | -0.42 |
| Taiwan Weighted | 22,106.64 | -102.46 | -0.46 |
