KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Monday as pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong and concern about China’s economy offset good U.S. economic news.

KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 index was up 0.4 percent to 16,290.73 points while China’s Shanghai Composite rose 0.4 percent to 2,357.42. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng shed 1.9 percent to 23,218.64 amid concerns over rising protests, and the rest of the region was mostly in the red. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.4 percent to 5,389.90 while stocks in Korea, Taiwan and Singapore also edged down.

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