An electronic quotation board displays the Nikkei 225 stock prices on the Tokyo stock Exchange in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2025.
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Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed on Monday as investors looked toward a slate of regional economic data.
Japan’s benchmark slid 0.63% after the country’s economy contracted by a smaller-than-expected 0.4% in the quarter ended September, compared to the previous one. The Topix lost 0.44%.
South Korea’s Kospi jumped 1.78% while the small-cap Kosdaq added 0.68%.
Futures for Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index stood at 26,500, slightly lower than its last close of 26,572.46.
Australia’s benchmark S&P/ASX 200 was 0.26% lower.
Markets will also be keeping an eye on Thailand’s third-quarter GDP and Singapore’s balance of trade later in the day.
Last Friday in the U.S., the Nasdaq Composite rebounded as investors bought up shares of key technology stocks a day after the group led Wall Street to its worst day in more than a month.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 0.13% to finish at 22,900.59, snapping a three-day losing streak. The S&P 500 finished near the flatline, down just 0.05% at 6,734.11, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 309.74 points, or 0.65%, to settle at 47,147.48.
The three indexes bounced back significantly from their lows earlier in the day, which had the Nasdaq and S&P 500 down 1.9% and about 1.4%, respectively. The Dow had fallen almost 600 points, or roughly 1.3%.
