The leading Asian stock exchanges started the trading week in different directions in a situation where investors continue to follow what is happening in the tariff negotiations and are looking for signs of further stimuli from China.
In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 had risen by 0.5 percent at lunchtime, while the broader Topix index gained 1 percent.
It was gloomier in Hong Kong, where the Hang Seng index fell by 0.3 percent.
Nor was there any cheer to be seen in the composite indices in Shanghai and Shenzhen, which both fell by 0.1 and 0.6 percent, respectively.
