Asia-Pacific markets poised for mixed open as investors await Australia inflation data

Asia-Pacific markets were set to open mixed Wednesday as investors awaited Australia’s inflation data.

Australia is due to post its Consumer Price Index data for November later in the morning. The country’s benchmark ASX/S&P 200 rose 0.37%. Citi analysts expect November’s headline inflation to come in at 3.6% and trimmed mean inflation of 3.3% from a year earlier.

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225

index was set for a lower open, with its futures contract in Chicago trading at 52,240, and its counterpart in Osaka at 50,050, against the index’s last close of 52,518.08.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index