· The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 31.71 points, or 0.15 percent, to 21,580.07, the S&P 500 .SPX lost0.91 points, or 0.04 percent, to 2,472.54 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 2.25 points, or 0.04 percent, to6,387.75.
U.S. stocks ticked lower on Friday as weak earnings from industrial giant General Electric weighed, while tech shares retreated from record highs and energy tracked the price of oil lower.
The S&P and the Nasdaq rose for a third straight week.
· Asia opened lower on Monday, with markets focus on the sliding dollar and the upcoming two-day policy meeting from the Fed later in the week.
· In Australia, the ASX 200's slipped 0.81 percent to 5,676.4 with most sectors trading lower. The heavily-weighted financials subindex was down 1 percent as major banking stocks came under pressure. Shares of ANZ was down 1 percent, Commonwealth Bank fell 0.88 percent, Westpac lower by 0.99 percent and the National Australia Bank slid 1.07 percent.
· Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 fell 0.86 percent to 19,926.49, while the Topix index was down 0.93 percent at 1,614.96. Across the Korean strait, the Kospi was down 0.15 percent.
Reference: Reuters, CNBC
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