FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - With the IMF/World Bank annual meetings out of the way, Asian markets edged lower on Monday, with Japan's Nikkei Stock Average as exception (+0.51%). China's Shanghai Composite gained -0.53%, South Korea's Kospi fell -0.57% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng lost -0.07%.

Futures for the German DAX 30 and the French CAC 40 are signaling a lower opening by -0.13% and -0.10% ahead of a very thin economic calendar. WTI crude oil is down by -0.84%, at $91.06, and Gold drops by -0.40%, at $1744.50.