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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