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• Asian stocks hardly budged on Monday on the first day of a new quarter while expectations of credit tightening by the world's major central banks kept global bond markets under pressure.

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan ticked down 0.1 percent, staying within a stone's throw of its two-year peak hit last week.

• Tokyo shares posted modest gains on Monday, buoyed by an upbeat business sentiment survey and a stable dollar-yen exchange rate, but defeat for Japan's ruling party in a Tokyo poll checked investor risk appetite and capped the upside.

The Nikkei share average tacked on 0.1 percent to 20,055.80.

• China stocks kicked off the mid-year earnings season on a cautious note on Monday, as optimism about companies' interim results was offset by concerns of economic slowdown in the second half and lingering fears of monetary tightening.

At the lunch break, China's blue-chip CSI300 index was down 0.4 percent, to 3,653.43 points, while the Shanghai Composite Index was unchanged at 3,193.72 points.

• Hong Kong stocks started July trading higher, as financials - the biggest beneficiary of the newly-launched "Bond Connect" with China - rose while small- and mid-caps gained on the back of new Beijing rules letting insurers buy Hong Kong shares via the Shenzhen Connect.

Hang Seng index added 0.1 percent, to 25,784.79 points, while the Hong Kong China Enterprises Index gained 0.4 percent, to 10,403.57.

Reference: Reuters, CNBC