• Japan's Nikkei share average barely changed on Monday, keeping close to a 22-month high scaled at the end of last week as the yen's rise against the dollar stalled.
The Nikkei ended 0.03 percent lower at 20,170.82.
• China's stocks fell on Monday, as a cooling pace of initial public offerings failed to offset large losses in financial and healthcare stocks.
The blue-chip CSI300 index fell 0.5 percent, to 3,468.75 points, while the Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.4 percent to 3,091.66 points.