Asia stocks sluggish, plenty of event risk ahead

Asian shares got off to a sluggish start on Monday ahead of a week packed with geopolitical risk, Chinese economic data and earnings reports from major U.S. banks. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dipped 0.1% after losing 0.8% last week. Japan's Nikkei held steady near 34-year highs, having enjoyed stellar gains of 6.6% last week.

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