Malaysia: Stocks end 10 points lower

Malaysian shares closed lower on Monday with the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index slipping 10.18 points to 1,629.960.Some 1.58 billion lots, valued at RM1.59 billion were traded. Losers outnumbered gainers 782 to 177

Straits Times Index 2,815.04 -19.59 Volume Value Rise Fall Unchanged 953.3M 827.8M 106 279 392
Hang Seng Index	21,309.85	-154.20
KLCI	1,629.96	-10.18
Nikkei 225	18,883.42	-347.06
South Korea KOSPI	1,927.82	-20.80
Dow Jones Index	17,265.21	-309.54

Hong Kong: Shares close to 2-month low :-

Hong Kong's benchmark stock index fell for the eighth straight session to a more than 2-month low on Monday, as investors braced for possibly higher US interest rates later this week.

But the gauge managed to erase much of its earlier loss after a strong rally in China share markets helped offset the gloom in global markets.

The Hang Seng index fell 0.7 per cent, to 21,309.85, the lowest close since Sept 30. But the China Enterprises Index , which tracks Chinese companies listed in Hong Kong, gained 0.1 per cent, to 9,315.91 points.

The market got some inspiration from Shanghai, where stocks had their best day in a month, on factory activity data that offered some early evidence that China's economy was stabilising.