Hong Kong - Hong Kong stocks jumped by more than 2 per cent Monday as sentiment improved following a week in which shares slipped to their lowest level in three months.

Singapore - A new tradeable index of the 20 biggest Chinese companies on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) was launched on Monday.

Tokyo - Tokyo stocks opened slightly lower Monday with little trading incentives.

The Nikkei 225 Stock Average edged down 8.43 points, or 0.06 per cent, to 13,229.46.

After opening 33 points higher at 13,127, on Friday, the BSE Sensex slipped into red

India’s benchmark index, Sensex lengthened its losses to the 7th straight week by declining over 7%.

The 30 shares index- BSE Sensex gained over 350 points on Friday (July 4)