A train loaded with coal prepares to leave a coal mine belonging to China Energy Investment Corporation on January 14, 2023 in Ijin Horu Banner, Ordos City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in China.
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Asia-Pacific markets are set to open higher on Friday, as some markets return from the Christmas break and investors await a slew of economic data in the region.
Australia Standard & Poor's/ASX 200 It traded 0.49% higher as trading resumed after the Christmas and Christmas holidays.
Japan's Nikkei 225 futures indicated a stronger opening for the market, with futures in Chicago reaching 39,745 points and those in Osaka at 39,700 compared to the previous close at 39,568.06 points.
Traders in Asia will evaluate Japan's unemployment rate in November, as well as the Tokyo CPI due later in the day. China is also expected to release industrial profit numbers for November.
overnight in the United States, Dow Jones Industrial Average It erased its previous losses and made small gains in weak trading on Thursday after the strong gains the market achieved at the beginning of the holiday week.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed today, up 28.77 points, or 0.07%, to 43,325.80, after losing about 182 points earlier in the session. the Standard & Poor's 500 The index fell 2.45 points, or 0.04%, to 6,037.59 points. the Nasdaq Composite It also ended the day lower, falling less than 0.1% to 20,020.36.
— CNBC's Yun Li contributed to this report.
