It was both up and down on the leading exchanges at lunchtime in Asia. Over the weekend, US President Donald Trump announced that the country plans to introduce tariffs of 30 percent against, among other things, the EU, which was followed by mixed price developments during the first trading hours.
The Japanese Nikkei 225 had fallen by 0.3 percent by mid-day. At the same time, the Korean Kospi increased by 0.2 percent.
Hang Seng was just below 0, Shanghai's composite index at plus 0.4 percent and Shenzhen at minus 0.2 percent.
During the early morning Swedish time, China released its export figures for June, which increased by 5.8 percent on an annual basis. It was better than the analysts' expectations, reports CNBC.
