Lujiazui Business Districk successful Pudong, Shanghai, China.
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Asia-Pacific markets were poised for humble gains connected the holiday-shortened and last trading time of the year.
Markets successful Hong Kong and Australia volition adjacent aboriginal for the holidays, portion Japan and South Korea are unopen for the day.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 traded flat.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index futures were astatine 25,880, somewhat higher than the HSI's past adjacent of 25,854.6.
The MSCI All Country World Index, which measures the show of implicit 2,500 ample and mid-cap equities from developed and emerging markets, has climbed implicit 21% since the commencement of the year, hitting a grounds precocious of 1,024.29 connected Dec. 26, information from LSEG showed.
U.S. equity futures were level successful aboriginal Asian hours.
Overnight successful the U.S., the S&P 500 fell modestly, notching a 3rd consecutive losing session. The wide market index mislaid 0.14% and closed astatine 6,896.24, portion the Nasdaq Composite slipped 0.24% and settled astatine 23,419.08. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 0.20%, and ended astatine 48,367.06.
The 3 large averages person slumped to commencement the week, dragged down by losses successful tech. Nvidia posted back-to-back losing sessions, arsenic did chap AI play Palantir Technologies.
—CNBC's Sean Conlon and Liz Napolitano contributed to this report.
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