
Asian stocks moved higher Monday. Japan’s Nikkei finished above 65,000, a first, as some investors stepped up buying after signs of revived U.S.-Iran talks knocked down oil prices and the dollar. Gains were strong, but with markets in Hong Kong and South Korea closed for holidays, trade was lighter in some spots.
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This is the clearest scheduled U.S.-market price-discovery point today and can transmit weekend news into equity-index futures before Monday's cash session.
The Q2 retail package can move NZD and regional risk sentiment. Spillover to U.S. assets is usually secondary unless the result is unusually large.
The absence of U.S. releases, earnings, IPO pricings and split events leaves fewer scheduled catalysts, increasing the relative importance of weekend headlines and positioning at the futures reopen.