Asian markets settled higher on Monday amid hopes that another round of US-China trade talks that will take place in London later in the day could help ease trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies. Chinese and Hong Kong shares gained after investors digested key inflation and trade data from China. Consumer price inflation in China eased in May but declined less than forecast, and the producer price index fell more sharply than expected. While China's exports growth missed expectations in May, dragged down by a sharp decline in shipments to the US. Japanese shares rose after the country reported progress in its fifth round of trade talks with the United States and revised data showed the economy contracted slightly less than initially estimated in the first quarter.
| Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
| Shanghai Composite | 3,399.77 | 14.41 | 0.42 |
| Hang Seng | 24,181.43 | 388.89 | 1.61 |
| Jakarta Composite | -- | -- | -- |
| KLSE Composite | 1,519.41 | 2.62 | 0.17 |
| Nikkei 225 | 38,088.57 | 346.96 | 0.91 |
| Straits Times | 3,936.32 | 2.03 | 0.05 |
| KOSPI Composite | 2,855.77 | 43.72 | 1.53 |
| Taiwan Weighted | 21,790.29 | 129.63 | 0.59 |
