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Here are the latest trading levels for Asia's major stock markets:
Tokyo (Nikkei Average NIK, +0.48% ) up 0.5%
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index HSI, +0.21% ) up 0.2%
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index SHCOMP, +0.24% ) up 0.2% (at break)
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200 XJO, +0.12% ) up 0.1%
Seoul (Kospi SEU, +0.10% ) up 0.2%
Mumbai (Sensex 1, +0.56% ) up 0.3%
Taipei (Taiex Y9999, +0.35% ) closed for holiday
Asian markets advanced on Monday following a record close on Wall Street, while Greece's leadership said it was upbeat that it could hammer out a new debt deal with its European creditors.
Japanese shares were supported by data showing the economy had exited recession, although gains were tempered as it grew at a slower pace than expected.
Tokyo was up 0.66 per cent by the break. Hong Kong added 0.14 per cent in morning trade, Sydney was flat, Shanghai put on 0.10 per cent and Seoul was 0.10 per cent higher.
MALAYSIA share prices opened higher on Monday with the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index up 2.48 points to 1,803.43.
Volume was 76.59 million lots worth RM58.96 million.
Gainers outnumbered losers 146 to 31.
U.S. stocks posted modest gains on Friday, but they were enough to lift them into record territory. The S&P 500 and Russell 2000 closed at record levels, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished above 18,000 for the first time this year.
The S&P 500 SPX, +0.41% closed 8.46 points, or 0.4%, higher at 2,096.94 and rose 2% over the week.
The ICE U.S. Dollar Index finished lower for the third week in a row Friday as a mixture of weak U.S. data and signs of growth in the eurozone threatened the buck’s seven-month rally.
The dollar index DXY, +0.00% which measures the dollar’s strength against a trade-weighted basket of six rival currencies, was up 0.1% Friday to 94.1910, but finished the week 0.5% lower. The euro comprises nearly 60% of the index’s value.
The euro EURUSD, -0.11% was at $1.1387, compared with $1.1407 Thursday. It was at 135.28 yen in recent trade, compared with ¥135.66. Against Britain’s currency, the euro EURGBP, -0.20% was buying 73.93 pence versus 74.13 pence on Thursday.
The pound GBPUSD, +0.08% recorded a weekly gain against the dollar for the first time in five weeks, fueled by the BOE’s suggestion on Thursday that it could raise interest rates in 2016. It traded at $1.5397 Friday, compared with $1.5388 Thursday
