Asian stocks may struggle in early trading after Chinese economic measures underwhelmed and the release of anemic inflation data over the weekend. Bitcoin topped $81,000 after President-elect Donald Trump took a clean sweep of the seven US battleground states.
Australian shares fell while futures in Tokyo and Hong Kong signal losses after China’s 10 trillion yuan ($1.4 billion) plan to help local governments deal with hidden debt stopped short of including new measures to boost domestic demand. US contracts edged higher after the S&P 500 rose 0.4% on Friday to cap stocks’ best week this year in anticipation of Trump’s pro-growth agenda.
