Asian stocks hesitant after Trump's visa crackdown

Asian stocks inched up and the dollar was steady on Monday as traders pondered the US monetary policy path after the Federal Reserve's rate cut last week, while President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown on worker visas kept sentiment in check. The focus will be on Indian and tech stocks after the Trump administration said on Friday it would ask companies to pay $100,000 per year for new H-1B worker visas, a blow to the tech sector that relies on skilled workers from India and China. US stock futures eased in early trading with the S&P futures EScv1 down 0.1%. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was 0.09% higher. Tokyo's Nikkei rose 1% after dropping on Friday. India's $283...