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Investing.com - Asian markets were mostly higher in morning trade on Monday, even after U.S. stocks closed lower on Friday amid a fresh round of selling in technology shares.
The Dow shed 201.92 points to 25,989.30, while the NASDAQ Composite lost 1.67% to 7,406.90 and the S&P 500 fell 25.82 points to 2,781.01.
In Asia, China’s Shanghai Composite and the Shenzhen Component rose 0.2% and 0.5% respectively by 9:10 PM ET (02:10 GMT).
The People’s Bank of China said late Friday in its quarterly monetary-policy report that it will tweak its policy as global outlook is worsening and trade tensions with the U.S. are hurting China’s economy.
“External conditions are undergoing profound changes, downward pressures are increasing, some companies are seeing more difficulties in their operations, risks accumulated over the long term are being exposed,” the central bank said. The bank will “preemptively adjust and fine-tune policies according to the changing conditions.”
Meanwhile, Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) Group logged a record 213.5 billion yuan ($30.7 billion) in sales for its 10th edition of the annual Singles’ Day event.
The event is also known as the Double 11 shopping festival because it falls on Nov. 11. During the 24-hour period, Alibaba offered huge discounts across its e-commerce sites such as Tmall.
Alibaba’s shares have fallen near 16% so far this year due to weakness in the general Chinese technology sector, largely due to the U.S.-China trade war. The company recently cut its revenue guidance for the fiscal year.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index inched up 0.2%.
Elsewhere, Japan’s Nikkei 225 traded 0.3% higher, while South Korea’s KOSPI was unchanged at 2085.5.
Down under, Australia’s ASX 200 last traded at 5925.0, up 0.5%.
Looking ahead, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ events in Singapore and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Papua New Guinea are expected to generate some focus.
On Wednesday, Japan would report its latest GDP data, while China would release figures on retail sales, industrial output and fixed asset investment.
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