Nikkei 225, Kospi, CSI 300, Hang Seng Index
The Sydney Opera House, designed by Danish architect Mr Jorn Oberg Utzon, at first light as the sun rises over Sydney harbor and city center skyscrapers.
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Asia-Pacific markets will open mixed on Wednesday as investors await Australia’s inflation data.
Australia will release November Consumer Price Index data later in the morning. The country’s benchmark index ASX/S&P 200 rose 0.37%. Citi analysts expect headline inflation for November to come in at 3.6%, with average inflation expected to drop to 3.3% from the previous year.
Japan’s reference point Nikkei 225 The index is set for a lower open, with the futures contract in Chicago trading at 52,240 and its counterpart in Osaka trading at 50,050, versus the index’s last close of 52,518.08.
of hong kong Hang Seng Index Futures contracts were poised for a weaker open, trading at 26,685 compared to the index’s previous close of 26,710.45.
U.S. stock futures were little changed in early trading in Asia.
Overnight in the US, the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average hit new highs as investors put the latest US attack on Venezuela behind them.
The broad market index rose 0.62% to a record close of 6,944.82. It also recorded an all-time high during the session. The blue-chip Dow rose 484.90 points, or 0.99%, to a new all-time high and closed at a record high of 49,462.08. The Nasdaq Composite index ended at 23,547.17 points, up 0.65 percent.
— CNBC’s Liz Napolitano, Fred Imbert and Sean Conlon contributed to this report.
