Japan +0.52%. Japan wholesale prices (May) -0.7% m/m (expected -0.2%)
China -0.08%.
Hong Kong +0.04%.
Australia markets closed.
India +0.08%.
New Zealand data – May retail sales -1.7% m/m 9exp +0.3%).
New Zealand GDP forecasts revised lower. Annual average GDP growth is forecast to slow to 0.6 percent in the year to March 2024 before picking up to 1.4 percent in 2025.
In the U.S. on Friday, all three major indexes closed marginally higher for the day and marginally higher for the week. The Dow Industrial Average 43.17 points or 0.13% at 33876.84; S&P index up 4.95 points or 0.12% at 4298.87; NASDAQ index rose 20.61 points or 0.16% at 13259.13.
Week ahead: Global central bank meetings will be under the spotlight this week, including the U.S. Federal Reserve, the Bank of Japan as well as the European Central Bank.
A slew of economic data from China will be released on Thursday, including its industrial production, retail sales, unemployment rate and home prices for the month of May.
Oil edges lower on Monday ahead of Fed meeting. Brent crude futures fell 29 cents, or 0.4%, to $74.50 a barrel by 0058 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude
was at $69.93 a barrel, down 24 cents, or 0.3%.
Gold eases on Monday on stronger dollar, focus on central bank meetings.
Spot gold fell 0.3% to $1,954.78 per ounce by 0235 GMT. U.S. gold futures fell 0.4% to $1,969.10. Spot silver shed 0.7% to $24.107 per ounce, platinum dropped 0.8% to $1,000.48.
Palladium fell 0.7% to $1,313.77 after hitting its lowest since May 2019 on Friday.
U.S. futures inched higher on Monday. Dow Jones +0.17%; S&P 500 +0.34%; Nasdaq +0.50%.