• European stocks are set to start the week lower as investors focus on earnings and monitor President Donald Trump's comments in Asia.
The FTSE 100 is seen lower by 23 points at 7,536; the CAC 40 is set to open off by 7 points at 5,506 and the DAX is set to start the day lower by 22 points at 12,457.
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• Asian shares stepped back from recent decade highs on Monday while major currencies held in tight ranges and oil jumped to a more than two-year peak as Saudi Arabia’s crown prince cemented his power through an anti-corruption crackdown.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS slipped 0.2 percent to drift away from Friday’s top of 557.9, the highest since November2007.
• Japan’s Nikkei share average ended flat on Monday as weakness in the banking sector offset gains in index-heavy Fast Retailing, while Subaru tumbled after the company cut its annual profit forecasts.
The Nikkei ended almost unchanged at 22,548.35, after rising as high as 22,644.68, its highest intraday level since June 1996.
• China stocks ended higher on Monday as robust gains in consumer and healthcare firms helped the market recoup earlier losses after curbs out of Beijing weighed on the banking and property sectors.
The blue-chip CSI300 index rose 0.7 percent, to 4,020.89 points, while the Shanghai Composite Index closed up 0.5 percent at 3,388.17 points.
• Hong Kong stocks fell sharply on Monday morning as negative news flows at the weekend - including a corruption crackdown in Saudi Arabia and a call for tougher regulation in China - prompted profit-taking in a market that has surged roughly 30 percent this year.
The benchmark Hang Seng index tumbled as much as 1.6 percent before recouping some losses to end the morning session down 0.6 percent at 28,436.67 points. The Hong Kong China Enterprises Index lost 1.1 percent, to 11,472.16.
Reference: Reuters, CNBC
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