Nikkei 225, Hang Seng Index, Kospi
November 19, 2025, China, Shanghai: Boats on the Huangpu River pass by downtown Shanghai. The tallest building on the skyline is Shanghai Tower (behind).
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Asia-Pacific markets will open mixed on Monday as investors begin the last trading week of the year.
Japan’s reference point Nikkei 225 The index is set for a higher open with the futures contract in Chicago trading at 50,920 compared to Friday’s close of 50,750.39.
of hong kong Hang Seng index Futures settled at 25,810, slightly below HSI’s last close of 25,818.93.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 index rose 0.2%.
US stock futures were flat in early Asian trading. In the US on Friday, the S&P 500 hit a new high and posted weekly gains as traders returned from the Christmas holiday.
The broad market index closed at 6,929.94, down 0.03%. The S&P 500 index increased by 0.2% to 6,945.77 points. Nasdaq Composite lost 0.09% to close at 23,593.10. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 20.19 points, or 0.04%, to 48,710.97.
For the week, the S&P 500 gained 1.4%, its fourth weekly gain in five weeks. The Dow and Nasdaq are also up more than 1% year to date.
— CNBC’s Sean Conlon and Fred Imbert contributed to this report.
