SINGAPORE — Shares in Japan looked set for a lower open on Monday, while data released over the weekend showed Chinese industrial profits grew in the first two months of the year.

Chicago’s Nikkei futures contract was 28,045, while Osaka’s counterpart was 28,010. This was compared to the Nikkei 225’sLast close: 28149.84

Australia is home to the S&P/ASX 200In morning trade, it rose by 0.2%

It U.S. dollar indexAfter a recent rise from below 98.7,, which measures the greenback against its peers, stood at 98.852

It Japanese yenThe dollar traded at 112.22 dollars, lower than the levels of 120 last week. The Australian dollarIt was $0.7514 after rising from $0.74 last week.