Asia (The Times Groupe) – Major Asian stock exchanges closed mixed on Monday.
The Asia Dow, which includes blue-chip companies in the region, fell 18 points, or 0.55%, to 3,389 points.
The Nikkei 225 stock exchange lost 29 points, or 0.11%, to 26,818.
The Hang Seng, the benchmark index for blue chip stocks traded on the Hong Kong stock exchange, rose 813 points, or 4%, to 21,089.
Shanghai’s stock exchange gained 71 points, or 2.41%, to 3,047.
The Sensex index fell 84 points, or 0.15%, to 56,975.
Singapore’s index rose 21 points, or 0.65%, to 3,356.