It has been a quiet day to start the week, starting in the Asia-Pacific region, where we saw mostly flat markets despite a report out of China showing stronger than expected property prices. House prices rose in 49 of the 70 Chinese cities surveyed, which is the broadest gain in over a year. MarketWatch has more as do we below.

Euro exchanges have followed suit with the Asian ones, no specific direction as a group, though lower that they were when they first opened this morning. The industry sub-groups aren't giving us much more insight either, though consumer staples and technology are outpacing financials and energy.

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