Tokyo's main index closes a little higher in mixed session for Asian stocks

Nikkei 09-04

It's hard to really read anything into risk sentiment as we begin the week. The Nikkei closes a tad higher today but Chinese stocks are performing weaker with the Shanghai Composite down by 0.2%. Traders continue to wait on US-China trade talks as well as any fresh signals on global growth developments, and that is leaving for some indecision ahead of European trading.

US equity futures are down by 0.1% while Treasury yields are more or less flat, so expect the sluggish sentiment to be mirrored by European equities as well.