* New Shanghai tech board eclipses benchmark index. * Currencies of crude importers slide as oil prices rise. * Rate meetings in Russia and Turkey later this week. By Agamoni Ghosh.
* Graphic: World FX rates in 2019 http://tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh. * Graphic: Trade-weighted sterling since Brexit vote http://tmsnrt.rs/2hwV9Hv. By Olga Cotaga. The pound edged lower on Monday, with investors holding on to their hedges against further weakness ahead of the result of the Conservative party's leadership election on Tuesday, which will decide Britain's next prime minister.
1/ROAD TO NO. Sterling has sunk to its lowest in 27 months as the two candidates tried to outdo each other with hard Brexit rhetoric, including pledges to leave the EU with or without a transition trade deal, come the Oct. 31 deadline. There is a view that once in power, the new prime minister will tone down the rhetoric and begin renegotiating an arrangement with Brussels.
--Most Asian stocks down; European shares waver. --Brent crude oil price gains 2.2%. China's new market for technology groups opened with a rally on Monday.
* Big week for policy meetings begins with ECB. * Dollar up vs euro on safe-haven demand. * Swiss franc reaches two-year high, pulls back. * Graphic: World FX rates in 2019 http://tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh. By Tommy Wilkes. Foreign-exchange markets started the week waiting to see how much and how fast policymakers might ease policy, beginning with the European Central Bank on Thursday.
European shares were flat to marginally higher in early trading on Monday, with Italian shares recovering some ground after a bout of selling driven by political nerves as all eyes moved to this week's meeting of the European Central Bank.
* Euro zone periphery govt bond yields http://tmsnrt.rs/2ii2Bqr. Core European government bond yields steadied on Monday after posting their biggest weekly drop in seven weeks as investors consolidated positions before a central bank policy meeting this week where policymakers might unveil plans of more rate cuts.
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Malaysia will find it challenging to meet its 3% fiscal deficit target for next year due to uncertainties around the U.S.-China trade war, the finance minister told Reuters in an interview on Monday.
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