The early trading session of the week showed weak equity market trends ahead of the United States (US) Federal Reserve (Fed) meeting early Thursday morning.
Equity movements in Asia saw Japan's Nikkei slip 0.6% and the Topix lose 0.42% while South Korea's Kospi rose slightly while the Kosdaq fell 0.16%.
Overall, MSCI's broadest Asia-Pacific index outside Japan was in a negative trend at the start of the trading session.
On Wall Street, Dow Jones Industrial and S&P 500 futures each fell 0.1% while Nasdaq Composite futures added 0.1%.
This week's focus is on the FOMC meeting which is expected to take place on Thursday with 80.5% expecting the Fed to implement a rate hike of 75 basis points.
In addition, on the same day in the evening, there will be a reading of the consumer price index (GDP) for the 2nd quarter of the US.
Not forgetting that the corporate reporting season is still underway with Apple Inc, Microsoft Corp, Meta Platform Inc and several others releasing their results this week.
In the meantime, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared (Monkeypox) a 'global health emergency' after the head of Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the decision due to disruption of movement around the world.
Currency trends saw the dollar index at 106.691 with the Japanese Yen remaining strong at $136.33.
As for commodities, US crude rose 0.22% to $94.91 while Brent crude gained 0.42% to $103.63.
