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Train loaded with coal ready to leave a coal mine belonging to China Energy Investment Corporation on January 14, 2023 in Ejin Horo Banner, Ordos city, China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
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Asia-Pacific markets were mixed on Friday, as some markets return from the Boxing Day holiday and investors await economic data from the region.
Australia S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.68% as trading resumed after the Christmas and Boxing Day holidays.
Japan Nikkei 225 rose 0.51%, while the Topix added 0.56%. South Korea Kospi fell 0.58% while the Kosdaq traded 0.61% lower.
Investors evaluated November inflation figures from Japan’s capital Tokyowhose general inflation rate stood at 3%, compared to 2.6% in October. Core inflation, which excludes fresh food costs, rose to 2.4%, missing Reuters expectations for a 2.5% rise. Tokyo’s inflation figures are widely considered a leading indicator of nationwide trends.
Japan Unemployment rate for the month of November. stood at 2.5%, in line with Reuters estimates and unchanged from October.
Traders await China’s industrial profit numbers for November.
Overnight in the US, the Dow Jones Industrial Average erased earlier losses and made a small profit in thin trading Thursday after the market’s back-to-back strong gains at the start of the holiday week.
The blue-chip Dow closed the day up 28.77 points, or 0.07%, at 43,325.80 after losing about 182 points earlier in the session. He S&P 500 fell 2.45 points, or 0.04%, to 6,037.59. He Nasdaq Composite also ended the day lower, falling less than 0.1% to 20,020.36.
—CNBC’s Yun Li contributed to this report.
