Buoyant

Positive musings on the U.S. fiscal front and an apparent upturn in U.S. President Trump's health provided some support for the equity space during the first Asia-Pac session of the week, although trading continued to be hampered by a lack of liquidity owing to the ongoing Chinese holiday and various state holidays in Australia.

• The NASDAQ 100 e-mini has outperformed among the major U.S. futures contracts, although the metric remains well shy of its pre-Trump COVID confirmation levels, whereas the S&P 500 and DJIA contracts have unwound their respective losses since that point in time.
• Broader equity indices also drew support from the aforementioned drivers.
• Nikkei 225 +1.4%, Hang Seng +1.4%, Shanghai Composite closed, ASX 200 +2.3%.
• S&P 500 futures +25, DJIA futures +201, NSADAQ 100 futures +115.