Stock markets in Asia closed Monday with mixed figures, as a number of high-profile central banks, including the US Federal Reserve, will hold their monetary policy meetings this week.

Developments regarding the omicron variant and China’s real estate companies remain on the agenda in the continent.

The Asia Dow, which includes blue-chip companies in the region, lost 5.9 points, or 0.16%, to close at around 3,770 points.

Tokyo's Nikkei 225 stock exchange was up 202.7 points, or 0.71%, to 28,640.

The Hang Seng, the benchmark for blue-chip stocks trading on the Hong Kong stock exchange, decreased 41.1 points, or 0.17%, to 23,954.

China's Shanghai stock exchange rose by 14.73 points, or 0.40%, to 3,681 points, and the Indian Sensex benchmark dropped 459.8 points, or 0.78%, to close at 58,326 points.

Meanwhile, the Singapore index lost 10.95 points, or 0.35%, to 3,124./aa