Employees work on a production line for power batteries and box chassis for new energy vehicles at a workshop in Huaibei, Anhui Province, China, July 11, 2025.
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Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed on Monday after all three major US indexes rose on Wall Street on Friday.
Asian investors are evaluating China’s manufacturing activity statistics after RatingDog released its Purchasing Managers Index for October.
China’s manufacturing activity slowed to 50.6, below the 50.9 expected by economists polled by Reuters and below September’s 51.2.
Official PMI figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Friday showed China’s manufacturing activity fell to 49.0 in October, the lowest level in six months.
hong kong Hang Seng Index rose 0.58%, while mainland China’s CSI300 index fell 0.45%.
Korean Kospi rose 2.13%, leading the rise in Asian markets and hitting a new intraday high, while the small-cap Kosdaq rose 1.18%.
indian nifty 50 rose 0.11 per cent, while the Sensex fell 0.34 per cent.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was flat.
The country’s central bank begins a two-day monetary policy meeting today, but economists expect the Reserve Bank of Australia to keep its monetary policy on hold after higher-than-expected third-quarter inflation.
Japanese markets are closed due to holidays.
On Friday, tech-centric Nasdaq Composite The S&P 500 rose 0.26% to 6,840.20. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended slightly higher at 47,562.87.
—CNBC’s Sean Conlon and Pia Singh contributed to this report.
