U.S. stocks fell on Friday, weighed by a more than 4 percent drop in Oracle shares, while recently battered stocks in the real estate and utilities sectors posted the largest gains.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 8.83 points, or 0.04 percent, to 19,843.41, the S&P 500 lost 3.96 points, or 0.18 percent, to 2,258.07 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 19.69 points, or 0.36 percent, to 5,437.16.
The Dow rose for its sixth consecutive week but the S&P 500 and Nasdaq posted slight weekly declines.
Asian shares steadied in early trade on Monday after China agreed to return a U.S. drone it had seized, easing worries about rising diplomatic tensions between the world's two biggest economic powers.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS tacked on 0.1 percent after falling to its lowest level in three weeks on Friday. Japan's Nikkei .N225 dipped 0.2 percent from one-year high.
Asian shares were a mixed bag on Monday with Tokyo up slightly on better-than-expected November trade data for imports and exports.
Japanese benchmark Nikkei 225 opened down 0.18 percent, likely due to yen strength.
Japan's November exports fell 0.4 percent year-on-year, compared to a Reuters poll expecting a 2 percent decline, boosted by a weaker yen and recovery in overseas demand. Imports fell 8.8 percent, also better than the Reuters forecast of a 12.6 percent decline. However, the trade surplus was narrower than expected at 153 billion yen ($1.3 billion), compared to a surplus of ¥227 billion expected.
Reference: Reuters, CNBC
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