Tiananmen, Gate of Heavenly Peace, Beijing
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Asia-Pacific markets were set to rise Monday, tracking Wall Street gains with the S&P500 surpassing its all-time high on Friday.
The broad market index rose 1.23% to settle at 4,839.81, crossing both the prior record intraday and closing highs from January 2022.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which set its own record at the end of last year, added 1.05%, while the Nasdaq Composite advanced 1.70%.
Investors in Asia will be watching China’s one- and five-year loan prime rates, which currently stand at 3.45% and 4.2%, respectively.
Futures for Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index stood at 15,470, pointing to a stronger open compared with the HSI’s close of 15,308.69. The HSI is near a 15-month low of 14,687.02 it hit on Oct. 31, 2022.
In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 started the week up 0.51%, extending gains from Friday.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 is set to test fresh 33-year highs, with the futures contract in Chicago at 36,365 and its counterpart in Osaka at 36,300 against the index’s last close of 35,963.27.
The Bank of Japan also kicks off its two-day monetary policy, and will announce its monetary policy decision on Tuesday.
Later in the week, Japan will release its trade balances for December on Tuesday and January inflation numbers for Tokyo on Friday.
South Korea will also release its gross domestic product figures for the fourth quarter of 2023 on Wednesday.
— CNBC’s Hakyung Kim and Lisa Kailai Han contributed to this report
