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Here are the latest trading levels for Asia's major stock markets:
Tokyo (Nikkei Average NIK, +0.65% ) up 0.8%
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index HSI, +1.50% ) up 1.5%
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index SHCOMP, +1.62% ) up 1.6% (at break)
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200 XJO, -1.21% ) down 1.1%
Seoul (Kospi SEU, +0.40% ) up 0.4%
; Mumbai (Sensex 1, +0.88% ) up 0.7%
Taipei (Taiex Y9999, +0.36% ) up 0.4%
Asian markets mostly rose Monday after Wall Street's three main indexes ended last week with their first gains in five sessions, while Hong Kong and Shanghai were boosted by hopes for more Chinese economic stimulus.
The euro held its own against the dollar and yen at the beginning of a week of key events, including Greece's bailout reform proposals and the release of US jobs data, which will be pored over for clues about the Federal Reserve's plans for interest rates.
Tokyo edged up 0.26 per cent, with investors brushing off news that Japanese factory output had fallen by more than expected in February.
Malaysia share prices opened higher on Monday with the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index up 2.38 points to 1,815.75.
Volume was 108.7 million lots worth RM36.7 million.
Gainers outnumbered losers 119 to 85.
The U.S. dollar booked its largest two-week decline against the euro since September 2012 on Friday, sliding on expectations that the Federal Reserve will begin raising interest rates later, and more gradually, than market participants had previously anticipated.
The euro EURUSD, +0.04% traded at $1.0886, compared with $1.0880 late Thursday. The dollar traded at 119.19 yen, compared with ¥119.19 level seen late Thursday.
The ICE U.S. Dollar Index DXY, -0.03% which gauges the dollar’s strength against six major currencies, was down EURUSD, +0.04% slightly at 97.39.
The pound GBPUSD, +0.22% traded at $1.4907, compared with $1.4853 Thursday.
May silver SIK5, -0.99% settled down 7.1 cents, or 0.4%, at $17.069 an ounce, leaving it with a weekly gain of 1.1%.
May copper HGK5, -1.65% dropped 4.35 cents, or 1.6%, to $2.7675 a pound — up roughly 0.2% for the week. April platinum PLJ5, -1.19% fell $10.40, or 0.9%, to $1,143.60 an ounce — 0.2% higher from the week-ago settlement.
June palladium PAM5, -4.62% gave up $32.35, or 4.2%, to $741 an ounce, losing around 4.9% for the week.
