05:38 AM EST, 11/10/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Asian stock markets rose Monday following media reports that the US government shutdown may be nearing an end, and after relatively positive inflation reports from Beijing.

Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo finished in the green, as did most other regional exchanges. The South Korean KOSPI rose 3% on the US outlook, and hopes for tax-easing on equity dividends.

In Japan, the Nikkei 225 opened higher and rose to the close, finishing up 1.3%. A softer yen aided export issues.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 635.39 to 50,911.76, as gaining issues outnumbered losers 169 to 55.

Leading the upside was online marketplace Mercari, up 18%, while industrial automation enterprise Omron declined 9%, with both moves following earnings reports.

In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index opened higher and gained through the afternoon, closing up 1.6% after inflation reports from Beijing pointed to a possible end to falling prices, and improving demand.

The broad gauge Hang Seng rose 407.23 to 26,649.06, as gaining issues outnumbered losers 78 to nine. The Hang Seng TECH Index gained 1.3% on the day, while the Mainland Properties Index rose 3.3%.

Leading the upside was toymaker Pop Mart International, gaining 8.1%, while aluminum producer China Hongqiao declined 1.2%.

On the mainland, the Shanghai Composite rose 0.5% to 4,018.60.

In economic news, mainland China's consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.2% on year in October, reversing two months of on-year declines. The producer price index (PPI) fell 2.1% on year in October, narrower than the 2.3% drop in September, reported the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) over the weekend.

On the other exchanges the Taiwan TWSE inclined 0.8%; the Australian ASX 200 gained 0.8%; the Singapore Straits Times Index fell 0.1%; the Thai Set inclined 0.3%, and in late trading in Mumbai, the Sensex was up 0.3%.