{"id":134345,"date":"2021-08-04T01:50:37","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T01:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=134345"},"modified":"2021-08-04T01:50:37","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T01:50:37","slug":"asia-pacific-stocks-mixed-private-survey-on-chinese-services-activity-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/markets\/asia-pacific-stocks-mixed-private-survey-on-chinese-services-activity-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia-Pacific stocks mixed; private survey on Chinese services activity ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"
SINGAPORE \u2014 Shares in Asia-Pacific were mixed in Wednesday morning trade, as investors look ahead to the release of a private survey on China's July services sector activity.<\/p>\n
The Nikkei 225 in Japan slipped 0.18% in early trade while the Topix index shed 0.14%. South Korea's Kospi advanced 0.25%.<\/p>\n
In Australia, the S&P\/ASX 200 gained 0.16%.<\/p>\n
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan traded 0.16% higher.<\/p>\n
Looking ahead, the Caixin\/Markit services Purchasing Managers' Index for July is set to be out at 9:45 a.m. HK\/SIN on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
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Overnight on Wall Street, the S&P 500 gained 0.82% to a new record closing high of 4,423.15 while the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 278.24 points to 35,116.40. The Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.55% to about 14,761.30.<\/p>\n