06:42 AM EDT, 08/11/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Asian stock markets were mixed and muted in holiday-thinned action, as investors awaited corporate earnings and clarity on China-US trade relations.

A 90-day tariff suspension agreement between Beijing and Washington expires Tuesday, after a third round of talks in Stockholm yielded no deal recently.

Hong Kong and Shanghai edged higher Monday, while Tokyo was closed for a holiday. Other regional exchanges were uneven, within modest trading ranges.

In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index opened evenly, wobbled but finished up 0.2% as investors weighed outlooks in earnings season, and in China-US trade relations.

The broad gauge Hang Seng rose 47.99 to 24,906.81, as gaining issues outnumbered losers 50 to 33. The Hang Seng TECH Index was stable on the day, while the Mainland Properties Index rose 0.9%.

Leading the upside was BYD Electronic International, gaining 6.2%, while Macau gaming-house Galaxy Entertainment declined 2.9%.

On the mainland, the Shanghai Composite rose 0.3% to 3,647.55.

In economic news, China consumer price index (CPI) for July was flat on year, while the nation's producer price index (PPI) declined 3.6%, reported the National Bureau of Statistics over the weekend.

On the other regional exchanges, the S. Korean KOSPI fell 0.1%; the Taiwan TWSE inclined 0.5%; the Australian ASX 200 inclined 0.4%, and the Singapore Straits Times Index fell 0.2%. In late trading in Mumbai, the Sensex was up 0.9%.