South Korea's GDP climbed 1.0% quarter-on-quarter in Q3, topping the 0.7% consensus call, as a boom in semiconductor shipments and factory investment offset household spending's first pullback in close to four years.
A group of sanctioned Russian tankers were stranded for up to two weeks near the Vilkitsky Strait on the Northern Sea Route in July, highlighting the limits of Moscow's Arctic export ambitions despite record crude and LNG volumes this year.
A sharp rise in global bond yields earlier in October has hit Asia-focused bank shares and raised concerns about capital buffers ahead of third-quarter earnings from HSBC, Standard Chartered and DBS.
The Ifo Institute's Business Climate Index for Germany rose to 90.2 in October from 89.9 in September, beating expectations for a slight dip. The euro firmed modestly against the US dollar on the release.
Yemen's Houthi forces said Monday they struck pump facilities along Saudi Arabia's East-West crude pipeline, the Kingdom's main alternative route to the Strait of Hormuz. Riyadh had yet to confirm the claim.
Saudi Arabia's crude oil production climbed 12.2% month-on-month in September to 8 million barrels per day, according to Al Rajhi Capital Research data, as the Kingdom rerouted exports around disrupted Gulf shipping lanes.
WTI crude oil has pulled back from a five-month high of $103.28 to near $100 a barrel as traders turn cautious ahead of a week of central bank meetings.
France's 10-year OAT yield dropped 4.5 basis points to 4.976% after Moody's kept its sovereign rating at Aa3, easing a selloff that had pushed yields to their highest since June 2002.
The People's Bank of China (PBoC) started a new Bond Market NBFI Swap Facility on Monday, giving selected non-bank financial institutions a backstop against sudden liquidity strains in bond holdings.
The Dutch TTF front-month contract gained 2.1% to reach $107.40 per megawatt-hour on Monday, its strongest level since 2022, with European stockpiles trailing their typical seasonal pace and Qatari LNG shipments still constrained.