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• Asia markets were trading sideways on Monday, as investors looked past a weekend dominated with Donald Trump inauguration headlines and await clarity on policies including plans to possibly renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement and abandon the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal.

• Japan's Nikkei share average dropped more than 1 percent on Monday as exporters fell on a stronger yen, while sentiment was subdued on concern over U.S. President Donald Trump's protectionist trade views.

The Nikkei dropped 1.3 percent to 18,891.03.

• China's main share index ended at a two-week high on Monday, but pared some of its earlier gains in thin turnover as investors were reluctant to stake out fresh positions ahead of the country's biggest holiday.

The Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.4 percent to 3,136.77 points while the blue-chip CSI300 index rose 0.3 percent, to 3,364.08 points.

The stock market will be closed from Jan. 27 to Feb 2.

• Hong Kong stocks closed marginally higher on Monday, thanks to support from a solid resource sector.

Both the benchmark Hang Seng index and the Hong Kong China Enterprises Index were up 0.1 percent at the close, to22,898.52 points and 9,726.82 points respectively.

Reference: Reuters