Asia-Pacific markets set to open mostly higher as investors look toward China trade data

Asia-Pacific markets were acceptable to unfastened mostly higher connected Monday arsenic investors look toward commercialized information from China aboriginal successful the day.

Economists surveyed by Reuters expect China's exports successful November to emergence 3.8% from a twelvemonth earlier, reversing the 1.1% contraction successful October. Imports are expected to turn by 3% successful the aforesaid period, up from 1% the period before.

Futures for Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index pointed to a higher open, trading astatine 26,121, against the index's erstwhile adjacent of 26,085.08.

Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 scale was acceptable to unfastened higher, with its futures declaration successful Chicago trading astatine 50,535 and its counterpart successful Osaka astatine 50,650, against the index's past adjacent of 50,491.87.

Australia's ASX/S&P 200 slid 0.17%.

Investors volition beryllium keeping an oculus connected the upcoming Reserve Bank of Australia determination arsenic it kicks disconnected its two-day meeting.

According to a Reuters canvass of economists, the Reserve Bank of Australia is expected to support its currency complaint astatine 3.60% connected Tuesday and support it determination done 2026.

Last Friday successful the U.S, the 3 large averages closed higher arsenic the marketplace sorted done a caller slate of U.S. economical releases. The S&P 500 edged higher to unafraid its 4th consecutive winning day, closing 0.19% higher astatine 6,870.40 and putting the scale astir 0.7% disconnected its intraday record.

The Nasdaq Composite increased 0.31% to settee astatine 23,578.13, portion the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 104.05 points, oregon 0.22%, to extremity the time astatine 47,954.99.

— CNBC's Sean Conlon and Pia Singh contributed to this report.