{"id":137659,"date":"2021-09-03T00:13:17","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T00:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=137659"},"modified":"2021-09-03T00:13:17","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T00:13:17","slug":"asia-pacific-stocks-set-for-mixed-start-as-investors-look-ahead-to-private-survey-on-china-services-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/markets\/asia-pacific-stocks-set-for-mixed-start-as-investors-look-ahead-to-private-survey-on-china-services-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia-Pacific stocks set for mixed start as investors look ahead to private survey on China services activity"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>A private survey on China&#x27;s services sector activity in August is set to be released, with the Caixin\/Markit services Purchasing Managers&#x27; Index expected at 9:45 a.m. HK\/SIN.<\/li>\n<li>Australia&#x27;s retail sales data for July is set to be released at 9:30 a.m. HK\/SIN.<\/li>\n<li>The U.S. employment report for August is slated for release Friday at 8:30 a.m. ET.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>SINGAPORE \u2014 Shares in Asia-Pacific looked poised for a mixed Friday start as investors look ahead to the release of a private survey on China&#x27;s services sector activity in August.<\/p>\n<p>Futures pointed to a higher open for Japanese stocks. The Nikkei futures contract in Chicago was at 28,630 while its counterpart in Osaka was at 28,640. That compared against the Nikkei 225&#x27;s last close at 28,543.51.<\/p>\n<p>Australian stocks appeared set for a muted open, with the SPI futures contract at 7,479, against the S&amp;P\/ASX 200&#x27;s last close at 7,485.70. Australia&#x27;s retail sales data for July is set to be released at 9:30 a.m. HK\/SIN.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead, the Caixin\/Markit services Purchasing Managers&#x27; Index is expected at 9:45 a.m. HK\/SIN.<\/p>\n<p>In corporate developments, investors will watch Hong Kong-listed shares of Alibaba following reports that the firm is set to invest 100 billion yuan (about $15.5 billion) by 2025 for &quot;common prosperity.&quot;<\/p>\n<h2>Stock picks and investing trends from CNBC Pro:<\/h2>\n<p>Bank of America names 6 global &#x27;fear of missing out&#x27; stocks<\/p>\n<p>Goldman Sachs just picked these 10 new stocks to buy<\/p>\n<p>These are JPMorgan\u2019s top stock ideas for September<\/p>\n<p>Overnight stateside, the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 131.29 points to 35,443.82 while the S&amp;P 500 advanced 0.28% to 4,536.95. The Nasdaq Composite edged 0.14% higher to 15,331.18.<\/p>\n<p>Those gains on Wall Street came ahead of the U.S. employment report for August, set for release Friday at 8:30 a.m. ET.<\/p>\n<table><\/table>\n<h2>Currencies<\/h2>\n<p>The U.S. dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of its peers, was at 92.225 \u2014 off levels above 92.7 seen earlier in the week.<\/p>\n<p>The Japanese yen traded at 109.95 per dollar, still stronger than levels around 110.4 seen against the greenback earlier this week. The Australian dollar changed hands at $0.7401 following its climb earlier in the week from below $0.732.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/09\/03\/asia-markets-china-economy-us-jobs-data-alibaba-currencies-oil.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A private survey on China&#x27;s services sector<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":137658,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23054],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Asia-Pacific stocks set for mixed start as investors look ahead to private survey on China services activity - Pre Coin News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/markets\/asia-pacific-stocks-set-for-mixed-start-as-investors-look-ahead-to-private-survey-on-china-services-activity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Asia-Pacific stocks set for mixed start as investors look ahead to private survey on China services activity - 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