• Asian equities ended mixed in Monday trade, with the dollar sinking against the yen, following tensions in the Korean Peninsula and better-than-expected Chinese economic data.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.1 percent in holiday-thinned trade.
• Japanese stocks eked out small gains in thin and choppy trade on Monday, with retail investors hunting for small-to-mid cap stocks in the absence of foreign investors due to the Easter holiday.
The Nikkei ended 0.1 percent higher at 18,355.26 after falling to as low as 18,224.68 earlier.
• China's share markets fell on Monday, as investors dumped stocks across the board after the country's top securities regulator vowed to "brandish the sword" and combat market misbehaviours.
The blue-chip CSI300 index fell 0.2 percent to 3,479.94 points, while the Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.7 percent to 3,222.17 points.
Reference: Reuters,CNBC
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