The stock markets in China's Shanghai and Shenzhen continue to be choppy after the presidential meeting between China's Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump last week.
At noon on Monday, Shenzhen was down just over 1 percent, while Shanghai had stabilized somewhat with small swings around zero. The Hong Kong-based Hang Seng is turning up slightly and was up 0.6 percent at the same time.
Meanwhile, South Korea's Kospi continues to rise. Last week was strong and in Monday morning trading the index increased by a whopping 2.6 percent.
Japan's Nikkei 225 is closed on Monday due to a public holiday.
