Hong Kong’s Hang Seng dropped 0.3% to 17,312.37 after data released over the weekend showed a slowdown in China’s economy in August, as factory output, retail sales and investment figures failed to meet expectations.

Asian stocks were mixed on Monday with several key markets closed for a holiday, after U.S. stocks finished their best week of the year and climbed to the cusp of their records. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng HSI00 dropped 0.

The Asia-Pacific equity markets were mixed on Monday in thin holiday trade as market participants digest worse-than-expected economic data from China amid persistently feeble domestic

A Federal Reserve interest-rate cut on Wednesday is looking all but certain. How stocks might react as the central bank loosens policy, however, remains very much up in the air.

Christopher Smart from Arbroath Group says while inflation remains a concern, the market is pricing in multiple interest rate cuts over the next year.

Senior officials at the US central bank including Fed chair Jerome Powell have in recent weeks indicated that a rate cut is coming this month

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) -Asian stocks dithered and the dollar slipped on Monday in a week that is almost certain to see the start of an easing cycle in the United States with investors flirting with the chance of an outsized move.

Asian investors trod cautiously Monday as they struggled to build on recent equity gains, with debate swirling around how big an expected US interest rate cut will be this week, while sentiment was being dragged by worries about the Chinese economy.

Asian stocks made a cautious start on Monday in a week that is almost certain to see the start of an easing cycle in the United States with the only question mark being the size of the cut, with markets split on the chance of an outsized move.