HONG KONG: Asian shares were mixed on Monday, with Tokyo helped by better than expected Japanese growth figures and Shanghai boosted by a government pledge to support China’s volatile stock markets.

The dollar strengthened after solid US data boosted expectations of an imminent rate rise, heaping pressure on oil prices after they slid to a six-and-a-half-year low last week.

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