On February 15, 2024, in Tokyo, people going to work in the morning crossed the pedestrian crossing.
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Asia-Pacific markets opened mixed ahead of March corporate inflation data from Japan and interest rate decisions from the New Zealand and Thailand central banks.
South Korean markets were closed on Wednesday ahead of the country’s vote to elect its next parliament.
Japanese corporate inflation is expected to accelerate to 0.8%, according to a Reuters poll of economists, while investors are also preparing for a U.S. consumer price index report due later on Wednesday.
In Australia, futures S&P/ASX 200 Index The stock rose for the third day in a row, closing at 7,889 compared to the last closing price of 7,824.2. At this level, futures prices are within 10 points of the index’s all-time closing high of 7,896.9.
However, Japan’s Nikkei 225 Index The Chicago futures contract is at 39,705 and the Osaka futures contract is at 39,690, while the index last closed at 39,773.13.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index futures were quoted at 16,937 points, opening stronger than the Hang Seng Index’s closing point of 16,828.07 points.
The three major U.S. stock indexes were mixed overnight ahead of the release of the CPI report. Dow Jones Industrial Average The closing price was slightly below the flat line.
on the other hand, S&P 500 Index The increase was 0.14%, while Nasdaq Index Add 0.32%.
—CNBC’s Hakyung Kim and Brian Evans contributed to this report.
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