06:41 AM EDT, 04/06/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Asian stock markets tracked higher in holiday-thinned trading Monday, as investors weighed possible Middle East ceasefire negotiations and looked for bargains.

Global oil prices remained elevated.

Tokyo and Seoul finished in the green, while exchanges in Bangkok, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Sydney and Taiwan were shuttered for holiday.

In Japan, the Nikkei 225 opened higher and held ground, finishing up 0.6% as traders weighed values after recent sell-offs and monitored events in the Middle East.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 290.19 to 53,413.68, though losing issues outnumbered gainers 114 to 109.

Leading the upside was advanced materials producer Resonac, up 4.8%, while truck-maker Archion declined 8.5%.

In economic news, the Japan's nine regional economies were "recovering moderately," "picking up," or "picking up moderately," the Bank of Japan reported in its quarterly Sakura report. The central noted higher oil prices could affect outlooks going forward.

On the other regional exchanges, the S. Korean KOSPI rose 1.4%, the Singapore Straits Times Index rose 0.6%, and in late trading in Mumbai the Sensex was up 0.6%.