SINGAPORE — Hong Kong’s Cling Seng index led positive aspects a number of the main Asia-Pacific markets on Monday as Chinese language tech shares within the town jumped.
In morning industry, the Cling Seng index received about 1% as stocks of Tencent surged 2.16%. Different Chinese language tech shares additionally rose, with Alibaba up 2.64% whilst NetEase soared 4.91%.
Markets in mainland China are closed on Monday and Tuesday this week for vacations.
The Nikkei 225 in Japan traded fractionally upper as stocks of conglomerate SoftBank Staff received 3.76%. The Topix index climbed 0.16%.
South Korea’s Kospi dipped 0.33%.Somewhere else in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.43%.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific stocks outdoor Japan traded 0.4% upper.
Currencies and oil
The U.S. greenback index, which tracks the buck in opposition to a basket of its friends, was once at 98.587, as in comparison to ranges beneath 98 observed in past due March.
The Eastern yen traded at 122.41 in keeping with greenback, more potent than ranges above 124 observed in opposition to the buck closing week. The Australian greenback was once at $0.7499, having traded in a spread between $0.747 and $0.753 for a lot of closing week.
Oil costs had been decrease within the morning of Asia buying and selling hours, with global benchmark Brent crude futures down 0.67% to $103.69 in keeping with barrel. U.S. crude futures slipped 0.59% to $98.68 in keeping with barrel.
— CNBC’s Patti Domm contributed to this record.
