Sydney Opera House, designed by Danish architect Mr Jorn Oberg Utzon, at first light as the sun rises over Sydney harbor and city center skyscrapers.
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Asia-Pacific markets traded 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 slid 0.45%, while the Topix lost 0.63%. South Korea’s Kospi jumped 1.89%, while the small-cap Kosdaq edged 0.12% lower.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index was also poised for a weaker open, with its futures contract trading at 26,685, against the index’s previous close of 26,710.45.
U.S. equity futures were little changed in early Asian hours.
Overnight in the U.S., the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average reached new heights as investors moved past the recent U.S. attack on Venezuela.
The broad market index rose 0.62%, notching a record close of 6,944.82. It also posted a new all-time high during the session. The blue-chip Dow advanced 484.90 points, or 0.99%, likewise reaching an intraday all-time high and closing at a record of 49,462.08. The Nasdaq Composite climbed 0.65% and ended at 23,547.17.
— CNBC’s Liz Napolitano, Fred Imbert and Sean Conlon contributed to this report.
