India, July 20 -- Asian stocks were mostly higher on Monday as trade tensions persisted, China held key lending rates and Japan's ruling coalition lost control of the upper house in an election on Sunday, further weakening Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's grip on power.
Investors also looked ahead to a busy week of U.S. earnings, housing market data and comments from central bankers, including Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at a banking conference as U.S. President Donald Trump piles pressure on him over rates and renovations at the U.S. central bank's headquarters.
After big U.S. banks and Netflix reported quarterly earnings last week, Tesla and Google parent Alphabet are set to unveil their earnings results on Wednesday, followed...