Nikkei futures traded in Chicago were up 0.44 percent at 19,360, while Osaka futures were off 0.54 percent at 19,170, at 6:20 a.m. HK/SIN. That compared with the Nikkei 225's Friday close of 19,274.82.
Down Under, SPI futures were mostly unchanged, trading lower by 0.1 percent at 5,667.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 0.06 %. The S&P 500 lost 0.61% in the same period The tech-heavy Nasdaq dropped 0.59%.
Meanwhile, the European Central Bank is weighing an option to to reduce its bond-buying to 20 billion euros or 40 billion euros a month from the current 60 billion euros.
In currencies, the dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, stood at 91.473. The dollar index had finished the week at 91.325.
Source: Bloomberg Pro Terminal
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