Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed on Wednesday amid thinner trading as several indexes are set to close early in lieu of the Christmas Eve holiday.
Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed Wednesday amid thinner trading as several indexes are set to close early in lieu of the Christmas Eve holiday.
Japan’s Nikkei 225
rose 0.14%, while the Topix traded around the flatline. South Korea’s Kospi added 0.2%, while the small-cap Kosdaq was 0.2% lower.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index
futures were at 25,818, higher than the HSI’s last close of 25,774.14.
Asia-Pacific markets were poised for modest gains on the holiday-shortened and final trading day of the year.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index was set for a higher open, with its futures contract in Chicago trading at 50,930, against…
Australia and Hong Kong markets were closed for the holidays.
Some Asian markets are still closed for the holidays, including Japan and mainland China.
Asia-Pacific markets saw a mixed trading session as investors look toward China's factory activity for January.
Asia-Pacific markets were set to open mixed Wednesday as traders looked toward trade data coming out of Japan.
