Mount Fuji and the Shinjuku skyline in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Asia-Pacific markets were set to open mixed Wednesday as traders looked toward trade data coming out of Japan.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.21%.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 was set to climb based off futures data, with the futures contract in Chicago at 49,825, and its counterpart in Osaka at 49,660, compared to the previous close of 49,383.29.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index futures were at 25,219, pointing to a flat open, compared with the HSI’s last close of 25,235.41.
Overnight in the U.S., the S&P 500 fell for a third session as traders digested the delayed release of the November jobs report.
The broad market index dropped 0.24% to settle at 6,800.26, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.23% to end at 23,111.46. The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 302.30 points, or 0.62%, to close at 48,114.26.
—CNBC’s Sean Conlon and Pia Singh contributed to this report.
