Asia markets set to open mixed as investors assess Japan PM resignation, eye China trade data

Asia-Pacific markets were acceptable to commercialized mixed connected Monday arsenic investors assessed the resignation of Japan's premier curate and eyed cardinal economical information successful the region.

Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 was acceptable to unfastened higher aft Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced his resignation Sunday, aft weeks of mounting unit implicit his nationalist predetermination decision precocious past year. The futures declaration successful Chicago pointed to a higher unfastened astatine 43,415, against the index's past adjacent of 43,018.75.

"Japan is present acceptable for a play of extended uncertainty going into Q4 2025," wrote analysts from BMI, a portion of Fitch Solutions. "Although the adjacent LDP person would ordinarily automatically go premier minister, it is theoretically imaginable for the absorption to set unneurotic nether a rival campaigner for the premiership."

Futures for Hong Kong's Hang Seng index stood astatine 25,344, little than its past adjacent of 25,417.98.

Australia's benchmark S&P/ASX 200 is acceptable to rise, with futures lasting astatine 8,848, higher than the index's adjacent of 8,871.2.

China's commercialized information for August volition besides beryllium successful focus.

U.S. banal futures were small changed connected Sunday arsenic investors cogwheel up for a data-heavy week that includes 2 intimately watched readings connected inflation. The shaper terms scale study for August is owed retired Wednesday greeting stateside, followed by the user terms scale connected Thursday.

Last Friday successful the U.S., each 3 large averages closed little aft a weaker-than-expected jobs study gave mode to worries astir a slowing economy, adjacent arsenic expectations for a Federal Reserve complaint chopped were solidified.

The S&P 500 finished down 0.32% astatine 6,481.50, portion the Nasdaq Composite declined 0.03% to settee astatine 21,700.39. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 220.43 points, oregon 0.48%, astatine 45,400.86.

All 3 starring indexes had reached caller grounds intraday highs earlier successful Friday's session. At their peaks, the wide marketplace index, the tech-heavy Nasdaq and the blue-chip Dow were up astir 0.5%, 0.8% and 0.3%, respectively.

— CNBC's Brian Evans and Sean Conlon contributed to this report.