Asia shares cautiously higher, yen buoyed by upbeat GDP




Asia share markets crept higher on Monday as Hong Kong's tech sector stole the limelight, while upbeat Japanese economic growth contrasted with a weak U.S. retail sales report to lift the yen on the dollar.

Geopolitics remained in focus with reports that talks on the Russian-Ukraine conflict will begin in Saudi Arabia this week, though the participants are not entirely clear.

S&P 500 futures rose 0.2% as of 2:56 p.m. Tokyo time
Japan’s Topix rose 0.2%
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell 0.6%
The Shanghai Composite fell 0.1%
Euro Stoxx 50 futures were little changed

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