Stocks in Asia were trading cautiously in morning trade on Monday following a report suggesting further turmoil for the markets in 2019, and after a Wall Street sell-off on Friday. The Nikkei 225 in Japan rose 0.47 percent while the Topix index in Japan saw gains of about 0.20. Shares of conglomerate Softbank fell around 1.11 percent ahead of the anticipated public listing of its mobile unit on Dec. 19. South Korea's Kospi was trading lower by about 0.15 percent. Meanwhile, Australia's ASX 200 was trading at around 0.03 percent higher, with the sectors in mixed territory. The heavily-weighted financial subindex fell ... (full story)