19 November 2025, China, Shanghai: Boats sail past downtown Shanghai on the Huangpu River. The tallest building on the skyline is the Shanghai Tower (rear).
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Asia-Pacific markets were set to open mixed Monday as investors kicked off the final trading week of the year.
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index was set for a higher open, with its futures contract in Chicago trading at 50,920, against Friday’s close of 50,750.39.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index futures were at 25,810, slightly lower than the HSI’s last close of 25,818.93.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.2%.
U.S. equity futures were flat in early Asian hours. On Friday stateside, the S&P 500 reached a new high and posted weekly gains as traders came back from the Christmas holiday.
The broad market index closed down 0.03% to end at 6,929.94. At its high, the S&P 500 was up 0.2%, reaching 6,945.77. The Nasdaq Composite slipped 0.09% and closed at 23,593.10. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 20.19 points, or 0.04%, and settled at 48,710.97.
For the week, the S&P 500 gained 1.4%, notching its fourth weekly advance in five weeks. The Dow and Nasdaq were also up more than 1% week to date.
— CNBC’s Sean Conlon and Fred Imbert contributed to this report.
