Asia-Pacific markets trade mixed ahead of PMI data from China
An employee works on a production line of power batteries and box chassis for new energy vehicles at a workshop in Huaibei, Anhui Province, China, on July 11, 2025.
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Asia-Pacific markets opened mixed on Monday after Wall Street’s three major US indexes saw gains in the US on Friday.
Investors in Asia will be watching manufacturing activity figures in China today as RatingDog releases its purchasing managers’ index for October.
Reuters economists expect the data to come in at 50.9, slightly below September’s 51.2.
official PMI figures Data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed that China’s manufacturing activity fell to a six-month low of 49.0 in October.
of hong kong Hang Seng index Futures settled at 25,975, below HSI’s last close of 25,906.65.
South Korea’s kospi While it gained 1.04% in value, the small-cap Kosdaq gained 0.51% at the opening.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 started the day with a 0.4% loss.
The country’s central bank begins its two-day monetary policy meeting today; Economists are awaiting a move from the Reserve Bank of Australia after warmer-than-expected inflation readings for the third quarter.
Japanese markets are closed for a public holiday.
Tech-focused day in the US on Friday Nasdaq Composite The S&P 500 index increased by 0.26% to 6,840.20 points, while it increased by 0.61% to 23,724.96 points. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed marginally higher at 47,562.87.
—CNBC’s Sean Conlon and Pia Singh contributed to this report.
