Asian stock markets settled lower on Monday. Japan's benchmark index, Nikkei 225 fell 18.39 points or 0.09 percent to settle at 19,634.49.
While China's benchmark index, Shanghai Composite lost 70.22 points or 1.64 percent to close at 4,217.08. Hong Kong's Hang Seng plunged 558.19 points or 2.02 percent to end at 27,094.93.
Singapore's Straits Times fell 21.94 points or 0.62 percent to end at 3,503.25. South Korea's KOSPI rose 3.21 points or 0.15 percent to end at 2,146.71. Taiwan's TAIEX lost 18.08 points or 0.19 percent to end at 9,552.85.