Asia-Pacific markets set to climb as investors look toward slate of China economic data

Asia-Pacific markets were set to open mostly higher Monday as investors awaited a slew of economic data coming out of China.

Analysts polled by Reuters expect China’s economy to have slowed in the third quarter, forecasting gross domestic product to have grown 4.8% in the July-to-September period from a year ago, easing from 5.2% in the previous quarter.

Japan’s Nikkei 225

futures pointed to a stronger open, with the futures contract in Chicago at 48,605, and its counterpart in Osaka at 48,290, compared to the previous close of 47,582.15.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index