Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed as investors look toward private data for China’s factory activity in January.

Japan’s Nikkei 225

added 0.13%, while the Topix added 0.52%. South Korea’s Kospi declined over 2.5%, while the small-cap Kosdaq lost as much as 3%.

Hong Kong Hang Seng index futures were at 27,330, below the benchmark’s last close of 27,387.11.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.57%.