(Hong Kong) European markets opened lower on Monday, while Asian markets were mostly higher.
US markets will be closed for Martin Luther King Day, a public holiday.
The French CAC 40 and the German DAX both slipped 0.1%. For its part, the British FTSE 100 lost 0.2%.
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was unchanged and the broader S&P 500 index gained 0.1%.
In Asian markets, Hong Kong lost 0.2%, while Shanghai rose 0.2%.
In Japan, the Tokyo Nikkei 225 ended the day up 0.9%. South Korea’s Kospi remained relatively stable.
Ultimately, the Australian S&P/ASX 200 index remained virtually unchanged.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, the price of oil lost 33 cents, to settle at US$72.35 per barrel.