Nikkei 225, Kospi, Nifty 50

Asia-Pacific markets will open lower on Monday as investors look at regional economic data.

Japan’s reference point Nikkei 225 The opening would be lower, with the futures contract in Chicago opening at 50,365, versus the index’s last close of 50,376.53. Japan will announce its GDP growth rate later today.

Hong Kong Hang Seng index futures settled at 26,500, slightly below its last close of 26,572.46.

Australia’s benchmark index S&P/ASX 200 opened with a 0.26% decrease.

Markets will also follow Thailand’s third-quarter GDP and Singapore’s trade balance later in the day.

In the US last Friday, the Nasdaq Composite rebounded as investors bought major technology stocks, a day after the group led Wall Street to its worst day in more than a month.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq index rose 0.13% to close at 22,900.59, ending a three-day losing streak. The S&P 500 index lost just 0.05% to close flat at 6,734.11 points. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 309.74 points, or 0.65%, to 47,147.48 points.

Three indices have rebounded significantly from their lows earlier in the day; The Nasdaq and S&P 500 fell 1.9% and about 1.4%, respectively. The Dow had fallen nearly 600 points, or roughly 1.3%.