Japan (NKY:IND) -0.31%. Investors are also looking forward to a series of economic reports in Japan this week, including trade, inflation and business activity data.

China (SHCOMP) -0.57%.

Hong Kong (HSI) -2.12%.

India (SENSEX) -0.08%.

Australia (AS51) -0.18%. Minutes of the RBA's latest meeting showed the board took note Raising interest rates in May before eventually deciding to maintain a consistent policy.

Australia's Westpac-Melbourne Consumer Confidence Index fell 0.3% month-on-month to 82.4 in May 2024, slowing from April's 2.4% decline.

In the US, all three major indexes finished mixed on Monday as investors looked for additional hints on the timing of interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, with several Fed officials scheduled to speak and release minutes from this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting. .

US stock futures were flat on Tuesday after the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite posted another record close in the previous session: Dow Jones +0.04%; Standard & Poor's 500 +0.05%; Nasdaq -0.06%.

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