Amid growing concerns over rising COVID-19 cases in the region, Asian markets closed Monday with mixed figures.
Investors focused on companies' third quarter financial results this week, while China is expected to ease accessing finance due to the underperformer GDP figures, 4.9% in the third quarter versus expectations at 5.2%.
The Asia Dow, which includes blue-chip companies in the region, lost 5.86 points, or 0.15%, to close at nearly 3,924 points.
Tokyo's Nikkei 225 stock exchange was also down 204.44 points, or 0.71%, to 28,600.
The Hang Seng, the benchmark for blue-chip stocks trading on the Hong Kong stock exchange, saw a slight increase of 5.1 points, or 0.02%, to 26,132.
China's Shanghai stock exchange was down by 27.26 points, or 0.76%, to reach 3,609 points and the Indian Sensex benchmark saw an increase of 153.62 points, or 0.25%, to close at 60,975 points.
The Singapore index decreased by 3.37 points, or 0.11%, to reach 3,201.