Asian stock markets Nikkei N225 down october 31 2011

Indonesia stock info - Asian stock markets down october 31 2011 ; Asian shares fell on Monday, taking a breather from a nearly 10 percent rally last week after Europe laid out a basic framework to tackle its debt crisis, but the euro held steady while the dollar dropped to a record low against the yen.

Investors were shifting their focus for now from Europe to key events such as the Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting and U.S. economic data, including jobs, due later this week to gauge the state of the world's largest economy.

Despite easing equity markets, investors' appetite for some riskier assets remained, with Asian credit markets stabilising and easing demand for protection in the options market against losses.

MSCI's broadest index of Asia Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.2 percent on Monday, after posting its best week in nearly three years as a long-awaited plan to resolve the European debt crisis sparked a huge relief rally.

The Nikkei N225 opened down 0.4 percent, weighed by the yen's persistent strength and worries about Japanese companies' earnings. The dollar briefly fell as low 75.31 yen on electronic trading platform EBS in thin early Asian trade on Monday.

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