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Here are the latest trading levels for Asia's major stock markets:
Tokyo (Nikkei Average) closed for holiday
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index) up 0.1% (at break)
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index) down 2.1% (at break)
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200) down 0.8%
Seoul (Kospi) down 0.3%
Mumbai (Sensex) down 0.1%
Taipei (Taiex) down 0.2%
MALAYSIA share prices opened lower on Monday with the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index down 2.78 points to 1,729.66.
Volume was 23.69 million lots worth RM8.90 million.
Losers outnumbered gainers 78 to 71.
The U.S. stock market ended a volatile week on a down note Friday, with strategists blaming the slide in part on December's jobs report that revealed a drop in wages.
The S&P 500 SPX, -0.84% closed 17.32 points, or 0.8%, lower at 2,044.81, ending the first week of 2015 with a 0.7% loss.
The ICE U.S. Dollar Index moved lower Friday as a contraction in hourly wage growth in December caused investors to delay their expectations for when the Federal Reserve will begin raising its benchmark interest rate.
The dollar index, DXY, -0.43% a measure of the greenback’s strength against a trade-weighted basket of six rival currencies, was down 0.46% to 91.9450.
The dollar USDJPY, +0.00% was at ¥118.50, compared with ¥119.65 late Thursday in New York. The euro EURUSD, +0.00% was at $1.1839, from $1.1788.
The pound GBPUSD, +0.00% rose slightly against the dollar, moving back above the $1.51 level after U.K. manufacturing output recorded strong growth in December.
Palladium for March PAH5, +1.31% delivery rose $7.05 to $800.15 an ounce, while April platinum PLJ5, +0.86% gained $7.10 to $1,230.10 an ounce. High-grade copper for March delivery HGH5, -0.36% fell a penny to $2.75 a pound.
