19 November 2025, China, Shanghai: Boats sail previous downtown Shanghai on the Huangpu River. The tallest constructing on the skyline is the Shanghai Tower (rear).
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Asia-Pacific markets had been set to open blended Monday as traders kicked off the ultimate buying and selling week of the 12 months.
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index was set for the next open, with its futures contract in Chicago buying and selling at 50,920, in opposition to Friday’s shut of fifty,750.39.
Hong Kong’s Dangle Seng index futures had been at 25,810, barely decrease than the HSI’s final shut of 25,818.93.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.2%.
U.S. fairness futures had been flat in early Asian hours. On Friday stateside, the S&P 500 reached a brand new excessive and posted weekly good points as merchants got here again from the Christmas vacation.
The broad market index closed down 0.03% to finish at 6,929.94. At its excessive, 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 Common fell 20.19 factors, 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 5 weeks. The Dow and Nasdaq had been additionally up greater than 1% week thus far.
— CNBC’s Sean Conlon and Fred Imbert contributed to this report.
