Stocks
* Japan’s Topix index fell 1.3 percent. South Korea’s Kospi index advanced 0.6 percent. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index rose 0.4 percent.
* Futures on the S&P 500 Index added 0.4 percent as of 9:19 a.m. in Tokyo. The underlying gauge added 0.1 percent on Friday, paring its weekly slide to 1.4 percent, the most since March.
* The MSCI All-Country World Index sank 1.6 percent last week after hitting a fresh all-time high on Aug. 7.
* The CBOE Volatility Index, know as the VIX, climbed 55 percent last week.
Currencies
* The yen slid less than 0.1 percent to 109.21 per dollar. That follows a 0.3 percent slide in the Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index on Friday, sparked by the latest CPI report.
* The euro was at $1.1821.
* The Aussie bought 79.03 U.S. cents and the kiwi rose 0.1 percent to 73.14 U.S. cents.
Bonds
* The yield on 10-year Treasuries rose one basis point to 2.20 percent.
* The Australian 10-year bond saw its yield rise two basis points to 2.61 percent.
* Germany’s 10-year bund yield dipped three basis points to 0.38 percent on Friday, the lowest in almost six weeks.
Commodities
* West Texas Intermediate crude was little changed at $48.83 a barrel in early Monday trading after sliding 1.5 percent last week.
* Gold was at $1,287.80 an ounce after jumping 2.4 percent last week.
Source: Bloomberg Pro Terminal
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