Asia-Pacific markets opened mixed on Monday, following gains on Wall Street where all three major U.S. indexes climbed on Friday.

Investors in the region will be closely watching manufacturing activity figures from China later today. RatingDog is set to publish its Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for October. Economists surveyed by Reuters expect the reading to come in at 50.9, slightly lower than September’s 51.2. Meanwhile, the official PMI numbers released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics showed that the country’s manufacturing activity in October contracted to its lowest level in six months, registering a figure of 49.0.

In Hong Kong, Hang Seng index futures were at 25,975, slightly below the last close of 25,906.65. South Korea’s Kospi opened up 1.04%, while the small-cap Kosdaq gained 0.51% at the start of trading.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 began the day 0.4% lower. The country’s central bank kicks off its two-day monetary policy meeting today, with economists expecting the Reserve Bank of Australia to hold rates steady, despite hotter-than-expected inflation readings for the third quarter.

Japan’s markets remained closed Monday in observance of a public holiday.
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