Asia shares becalmed by holidays, dire Japan data

A woman walks past an electronic screen displaying the stock index prices of Asian countries outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan April 24, 2025. REUTERS/Issei Kato

SYDNEY: Asian shares were quietly consolidating recent hefty gains on Monday as holidays made for thin trading, and dismal economic data out of Japan took some of the heat out of that booming market.

China, South Korea, Taiwan and the United States were among the centres off, leaving currencies, commodities and bonds all becalmed.