HONG KONG: Asian markets were mixed on Monday, with Japanese shares succumbing to profit-taking while Hong Kong and Shanghai rallied after a launch date was announced for a trading link between their stock exchanges.

The dollar retreated from multi-year highs despite another record close on Wall Street that came in response to broadly upbeat jobs data.

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