According to Yonhap, HKET and Yahoo Finance Taiwan, oil prices fell sharply as the United States and Iran signaled a possible resumption of peace talks, with December Brent down 7.63% at $104.77 a barrel and U.S. WTI down 7.36% at $96.46. Concerns over returns on artificial intelligence investment continued to weigh on U.S. technology stocks, while markets awaited Tuesday's U.S. midterm elections.
Japanese index futures declined in night trade. The Osaka Exchange's December 2026 Nikkei 225 futures ended the night session at 05:00 UTC+8 at 62,780, down 480 points from the previous day and 301.86 points below the Nikkei Stock Average's cash close of 63,081.86, on volume of 12,815 contracts. Front-month TOPIX futures settled at 3,950, up 17 points.
Hang Seng Index night futures closed up 171 points at 23,535, while the NASDAQ Golden Dragon China Index rose 2.25% to 5,518. Among ADRs, Meituan's ADR was equivalent to HK$73.84, 1.08% above its Hong Kong close; Tencent's ADR was at HK$394.38, up 0.56%; the HSBC ADR was at HK$134.82, up 0.84%; and Alibaba's U.S. shares were at HK$99.56, up 0.11%, after rising as much as 6% during the session. HKEX data showed November Hang Seng Index futures volume of 16,636 contracts in the after-hours session.
Front-month TAIEX futures closed the night session at 44,310, down 917 points or 2.03%, trading between 44,271 and 45,487 on volume of 38,487 contracts. TSMC futures fell NT$51 in the night session.