Asian stocks open mixed on Monday, as oil prices rallied on supply outages in Canada and amid surprise over the exit of Saudi Arabia's veteran oil minister Ali al-Naimi.
Japan's Nikkei 225 opened 0.99 percent higher. The dollar/yen pair was trading up 0.33 percent at 107.43at 8:18 a.m. HK/SIN.
Stateside on Friday, the Nasdaq composite closed up 0.4 percent. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 0.45 percent, while the S&P 500 ended higher 0.32 percent.
While all three major indexes ended higher, the Dow and the S&P posted slight weekly declines, posting their first two-week losing streak since February 12.
Reference: CNBC
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