Asian equities traded in the US as American depositary receipts opened the week lower Monday morning, declining 0.7% to 1,977.1 on the S&P Asia 50 ADR Index.

From North Asia, the gainers were led by online education platform 51Talk Online Education Group (COE) and financial services company CNFinance (CNF), which climbed 7.4% and 7.2% respectively. They were followed by utilities company Korea Electric Power (KEP) and used car ecommerce platform Uxin (UXIN), which were up 4.1% and 1.3% respectively.

The decliners from North Asia were led by consumer lending firm Eason Technology (DXF) and consumer lending firm LexinFintech (LX), which fell 10.3% and 7.1% respectively. They were followed by automotive ecommerce platform Token Cat (TC) and polysilicon manufacturer Daqo New Energy (DQ), which dropped 6.2% and 4.6% respectively.

From South Asia, the gainers were led by financial services company HDFC Bank (HDB) and IT firm Infosys (INFY), which rose 2.7% and 2.5% respectively. They were followed by financial services company ICICI Bank (IBN) and IT firm Sify Technologies (SIFY), which increased 1.6% and 1.2% respectively.

The lone decliner from South Asia was tech conglomerate Sea (SE), which was down 2.2%