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The Hong Kong stock market has finished lower in six straight sessions, retreating almost 900 points or 4.7 percent along the way. The Hang Seng Index now sits just above the 18,870-point plateau although it's expected to find some traction on Tuesday. The global forecast for the Asian markets is murky, with support from the oil companies likely offset by weakness from the technology shares. The European markets were down and the U.S. bourses were mostly higher and the Asian markets figure to split the difference. The Hang Seng finished sharply lower on Monday following losses from the financial shares, property stocks and technology companies. For the day, the index retreated 190.15 points or 1.00 percent to finish at 18,874.14 after trading between 18,671.49 and 18,929.12. Among the actives, Alibaba Group tumbled 1.88 percent, while Alibaba Health Info surged 2.85 percent, ANTA Sports was down 0.13 percent, China Life Insurance and Techtronic Industries both lost 0.76 percent, China Mengniu Dairy shed 0.92 percent, China Resources Land spiked 2.09 percent, CITIC added 0.24 percent, CNOOC soared 2.23 percent, CSPC Pharmaceutical slid 0.46 percent, Galaxy Entertainment surrendered 2.29 percent, Haier Smart Home plummeted 6.83 percent, Hang Lung Properties declined 1.83 percent, Henderson Land slumped 1.79 percent, Hong Kong & China Gas skidded 1.50 percent, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China dipped 0.41 percent, JD.com dropped 1.45 percent, Lenovo fell 0.75 percent, Li Auto tanked 3.01 percent, Li Ning sank 1.08 percent, Meituan retreated 1.93 percent, New World Development plunged 5.18 percent, Nongfu Spring rallied 2.14 percent, Xiaomi Corporation stumbled 2.24 percent and WuXi Biologics weakened 1.74 percent.

The Australian stock market is trading modestly higher on Tuesday, snapping the three-session losing streak, following the mixed cues from Wall Street overnight. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 is moving above the 8,200 level, with gains in iron ore miners and energy stocks partially offset by weakness in gold miners, financial and technology stocks.

The China stock market has moved lower in three straight sessions, slumping almost 70 points or 2.3 percent in that span. The Shanghai Composite Index now sits just above the 3,160-point plateau although it's expected to open to the upside on Tuesday. The global forecast for the Asian markets is murky, with support from the oil companies likely offset by weakness from the technology shares. The European markets were down and the U.S. bourses were mostly higher and the Asian markets figure to split the difference. The SCI finished slightly lower on Monday following losses from the financials, gains from the properties and mixed performances from the energy and resource stocks. For the day, the index slipped 7.77 points or 0.25 percent to finish at 3,160.75 after trading between 3,140.98 and 3,172.70. The Shenzhen Composite Index rose 1.18 points or 0.06 percent to end at 1,838.46. Among the actives, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China skidded 1.05 percent, while Bank of China tumbled 1.83 percent, China Construction Bank surrendered 1.89 percent, China Merchants Bank collected 0.23 percent, Agricultural Bank of China retreated 1.37 percent, China Life Insurance shed 0.61 percent, Jiangxi Copper jumped 1.91 percent, Aluminum Corp of China (Chalco) rallied 2.06 percent, PetroChina improved 1.37 percent, China Petroleum and Chemical (Sinopec) declined 1.27 percent, Huaneng Power added 0.64 percent, China Shenhua Energy sank 0.74 percent, Gemdale soared 2.36 percent, Poly Developments spiked 1.89 percent, China Vanke climbed 1.05 percent and Yankuang Energy was unchanged.

The Taiwan stock market has moved lower in four straight sessions, dropping almost 1,175 points or 5 percent along the way. The Taiwan Stock Exchange now sits just beneath the 22,500-point plateau and it's expected to at least open in the red on Tuesday. The global forecast for the Asian markets is murky, with support from the oil companies likely offset by weakness from the technology shares. The European markets were down and the U.S. bourses were mostly higher and the Asian markets figure to split the difference. The TSE finished sharply lower on Monday following heavy losses among the technology shares, support from the plastics and a mixed picture from the financial sector. For the day, the index plummeted 523.53 points or 2.28 percent to finish at 22,488.33 after trading between 22,458.22 and 23,070.32. Among the actives, Cathay Financial dipped 0.17 percent, while First Financial shed 0.55 percent, Fubon Financial perked 0.17 percent, E Sun Financial skidded 1.10 percent, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company stumbled 2.27 percent, United Microelectronics Corporation dropped 0.97 percent, Hon Hai Precision plummeted 5.51 percent, Largan Precision surrendered 3.45 percent, Catcher Technology fell 0.25 percent, MediaTek plunged 5.12 percent, Delta Electronics tumbled 4.76 percent, Novatek Microelectronics sank 0.82 percent, Formosa Plastics rallied 2.86 percent, Nan Ya Plastics jumped 1.41 percent, Asia Cement gained 0.64 percent and Mega Financial and CTBC Financial were unchanged.

The Singapore stock market has finished lower in three straight sessions, giving away more than 95 points or 2.5 percent along the way. The Straits Tines Index now rests just above the 3,790-point plateau although it's due for support on Tuesday. The global forecast for the Asian markets is murky, with support from the oil companies likely offset by weakness from the technology shares. The European markets were down and the U.S. bourses were mostly higher and the Asian markets figure to split the difference. The STI finished slightly lower on Monday following losses from the financial shares, property stocks, REITS and industrial issues. For the day, the index slipped 9.86 points or 0.26 percent to finish at 3,791.70 after trading between 3,775.00 and 3,796.74. Among the actives, CapitaLand Investment dropped 0.81 percent, while City Developments slid 0.59 percent, Comfort DelGro shed 0.69 percent, DBS Group eased 0.14 percent, Genting Singapore and Keppel DC REIT both plunged 2.67 percent, Keppel Ltd dipped 0.29 percent, Mapletree Industrial Trust slumped 0.89 percent, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation sank 0.76 percent, SATS skidded 0.83 percent, Seatrium Limited stumbled 0.94 percent, SembCorp Industries advanced 0.92 percent, Singapore Technologies Engineering fell 0.65 percent, SingTel jumped 1.63 percent, Thai Beverage plummeted 2.73 percent, Wilmar International lost 0.66 percent, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding tanked 1.67 percent and Hongkong Land, Yangzijiang Financial, Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust, Emperador, Mapletree Logistics Trust and CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust were unchanged.

The Malaysia stock market turned lower again on Monday, one session after snapping the two-day losing streak in which it had dropped almost 30 points or 1.9 percent. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index now rests just above the 1,585-point plateau although it figures to bounce higher again on Tuesday. The global forecast for the Asian markets is murky, with support from the oil companies likely offset by weakness from the technology shares. The European markets were down and the U.S. bourses were mostly higher and the Asian markets figure to split the difference.