Asian stock markets are trading higher on Monday. China's benchmark index, Shanghai Composite gained 7.54 points or 0.24 percent to trade at 3,103.64. Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 209.65 points or 0.96 percent to trade at 22,000.56.
South Korea's KOSPI went up 2.32 points or 0.11 percent to trade at 2,028.78. Taiwan's TAIEX rose 100.41 points or 1.1 percent to trade at 9,253.50.
On the other hand, Japan's benchmark index, Nikkei 225 declined 30.77 points or 0.16 percent to trade at 19,114.37. Singapore's Straits Times declined 8.39 points or 0.29 percent to trade at 2,880.76.