• The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 18.38 points, or 0.07 percent, to 26,458.31, the S&P 500 lost 0.02 point, or -0.00 percent, to 2,913.98 and the Nasdaq Composite added4.39 points, or 0.05 percent, to 8,046.35.

Wall Street ended flat, pulling back from early gains after Facebook disclosed a security breach. Tesla shares lost 13.9 percent after U.S. regulators sued Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk in a fraud complaint that seeks to remove him as CEO.

• Asia markets were mixed on Monday morning following the release of data Sunday that showed a slowdown in China's manufacturing sector.

• The Nikkei 225 was 0.39 percent higher while the Topix declined by 0.13 percent in the early hours of trading action, as major automakers such as Toyota and Nissan all saw declines.

• The moves in Tokyo came on the back of the release of a survey conducted by the Bank of Japan which showed business confidence among the country's big manufacturers falling for the third consecutive quarter.

• Meanwhile, in South Korea, the Kospi was higher by around 0.1 percent in the morning.

Reference: Reuters, CNBC