Japan +0.19%. BOJ Governor Kuroda says it is possible to achieve 2% inflation with wage growth and current easy policy.
China +0.14%.
Hong Kong -2.37%.
Australia -0.16%.
India -0.20%.
Wall Street stocks ended the week higher last Friday, boosted by a rally in Tesla shares and Thursday’s better-than-expected GDP report. All the main ones the averages posted a positive week and are on pace for a month of growth. The Nasdaq Composite jumped 0.95% to 11,621.71, while the S&P 500 gained 0.25% to close at 4,070.56. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 28.67 points, or 0.08%, to end at 33,978.08.
December NZ Trade Data: Exports NZD 6.72 billion (previously 6.68 billion) & Imports NZD 7.19 billion (previously 8.54 billion).
Oil prices rose in early Asian trade on Monday, supported by tensions in the Middle East following drone attacks in Iran and as Beijing pledged over the weekend to promote a recovery in consumption that would support fuel demand.
Brent crude oil futures rIt was up 54 cents, or 0.6%, at $87.20 a barrel by 0115 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was at $80.22 a barrel, up 54 cents, or 0.7 %.
Gold prices rose on Monday as the US dollar weakened as global market participants awaited a series of central bank meetings with a major focus on the Federal Reserve.
Spot gold was up 0.3% at $1,932.84 an ounce as of 0457 GMT. US gold futures they rose 0.2% to $1,932.80.
Spot silver rose 0.6% to $23.70 an ounce, platinum rose 0.6% to $1,017.69, and palladium climbed 1.7% to $1,646.41.
Futures in the US lower. Dow Jones -0.29%; S&P 500 -0.36%; Nasdaq -0.44%.