KONTAN.CO.ID - TOKYO. Asian shares and the Chinese yuan were off to a cautious start on Monday as investors looked to how Chinese financial markets will react to the news the U.S. administration is considering delisting Chinese companies from U.S. stock exchanges. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan slipped 0.11% while Japan's Nikkei shed 0.61%. U.S. stock futures gained 0.24% in early trade, paring back almost a half of Friday's 0.53% fall in the index. The offshore Chinese yuan was little moved at 7.1339 yuan per dollar, off Friday's three-week low of 7.1520 to the dollar.
GLOBAL MARKETS: Asian shares, yuan off to calm start; focus on China
KONTAN.CO.ID - TOKYO. Asian shares and the Chinese yuan were off to a cautious start on Monday as investors looked to how Chinese financial markets will react to the news the U.S. administration is considering delisting Chinese companies from U.S. stock exchanges. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan slipped 0.11% while Japan's Nikkei shed 0.61%. U.S. stock futures gained 0.24% in early trade, paring back almost a half of Friday's 0.53% fall in the index. The offshore Chinese yuan was little moved at 7.1339 yuan per dollar, off Friday's three-week low of 7.1520 to the dollar.