Asia stocks mostly up on lockdown easing but Hong Kong extends losses

A man looksing at a stocks display board showing the Hang Seng Index (HSI) in central Hong Kong. Most Asian markets rose Monday (May 25) as a further opening up of economies from lockdown offset worries over worsening China-US tensions, while Hong Kong sank again after the city was rocked by protests at the weekend over a controversial proposed security law. - AFP

HONG KONG: Most Asian markets rose Monday (May 25) as a further opening up of economies from lockdown offset worries over worsening China-US tensions, while Hong Kong sank again after the city was rocked by protests at the weekend over a controversial proposed security law.

While Donald Trump has limited travel from Brazil as the Latin American country sees deaths and infections spiral, traders were focusing on the more upbeat news that governments from Asia, across Europe and around the US were lifting economy-shattering shutdowns.