Asian stock markets were mixed Monday after Wall Street gained on strong earnings as investors looked ahead to Apple results and this week's U.S. Federal Reserve meeting, AP reported. The Shanghai Composite Index rose 1.9 percent to 4,475.69 points and Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 1.3 percent to 28,426.72. Sydney's S&P ASX 200 added 0.7 percent to 5,974.70 and Singapore, Bangkok and Manila also rose. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 was off 0.2 percent to 19,978.38 and Seoul's Kospi shed 0.1 percent to 2,157.38. India's Sensex was off 0.4 percent at 27,326.62. On Friday, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 0.1 percent and the Standard & Poor's 500 gained 0.2 percent. The Nasdaq composite, dominated by tech stocks, advanced 0.7 percent.
