preCharge News BUSINESS — Asia-Pacific markets rose Monday, as investors assessed escalating Israel-Iran tensions and parsed a slew of data from China.

Oil prices jumped as Israel and Iran exchanged strikes, while gold prices rallied as investors sought refuge in the safe-haven metal. The attacks continued over the weekend.

China released its retail sales and industrial output figures for May. Retails sales jumped 6.4% from the previous year, while industrial output growth slowed to 5.8% year on year.

Mainland China’s CSI 300 index ended the day 0.25% higher at 3,873.80, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index added 0.7% to 24,060.99.

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 climbed 1.26% to end the day at 38,311.33, while the broader Topix index advanced 0.75% to 2,777.13.

In South Korea, the Kospi index surged 1.8% to close at 2,946.66, while the small-cap Kosdaq increased by 1.09% to 777.26.

Over in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 ended the day flat at 8,548.40.

Meanwhile, India’s Nifty 50 rose 0.92%, while the BSE Sensex index was up 0.84% as at 1.50 p.m. local time.