Asian shares were mostly higher in today's trading, although Wall Street closed lower last night ahead of the presidential election, the Associated Press reported.
Japan's Nikkei 225 rose 1.4 percent to 38,571.64 after yesterday's holiday. However, South Korea's Kospi fell 0.4 percent to 2,578.50 and Australia's S&P/ASX slipped 0.4 percent to 8,131.80.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 1.4 percent to 20,853.45 and the Shanghai Composite jumped 1.9 percent to 3,373.30. The index is awaiting new measures to stimulate China's economy, which may be announced this week.
In currency markets, the US dollar rose to ¥152.47 from ¥152.10 yesterday, while the euro was unchanged at $1.0880.
Wall Street closed in the red last night.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 257.59 points, or 0.61 percent, to 41,794.60.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index fell 16.11 points, or 0.28 percent, to 5,712.69.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq index slumped 59.93 points, or 0.33 percent, to 18,179.98.
Today's futures contracts move in balance.