• Asian stocks closed higher on Monday on fading risk aversion as the dollar clawed back losses. Markets also digested headlines concerning developments out of the People's Bank of China and European Central Bank announced at the weekend.
• Japan’s Nikkei rallied to more than a one-week high on Monday after the dollar recovered against the yen, lifting recently battered exporters and financial stocks which had stumbled amid the simmering tensions on the Korean peninsula.
The Nikkei share average rose 1.4 percent to 19,545.77, its best closing level since Sept. 1.
Reference: Reuters,CNBC