Asian equities traded in the US as American depositary receipts kicked off the week higher Monday morning, rising 0.48% to 2,257.96 on the S&P Asia 50 ADR Index.

From North Asia, the gainers were led by financial services company CNFinance CNF and advertising company 36Kr KKRKR, which climbed 9.4% and 7% respectively. They were followed by computer hardware maker Canaan CAN and online education company 17 Education & Technology Group YQ, which advanced 6.9% and 6.5% respectively.

The decliners from North Asia were led by financial services company Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group 8306 and polysilicon manufacturer Daqo New Energy DQ, which fell 2.3% each. They were followed by electric vehicle maker NIO NIO and solar panel maker JinkoSolar JKS), which lost 2% and 1.6% respectively.

From South Asia, the gainers were led by IT firm Wipro WIPRO and tech conglomerate Sea SE, which rose 2.8% and 2.5% respectively. They were followed by financial services company HDFC Bank HDFCBANK and IT firm Sify Technologies SIFY, which were up 2% each.

The lone decliner from South Asia was telecommunications operator TLKM, which was down 1.6%.