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The Weekend Is Over In Asia And Stocks Are Mostly Down

Rob WileSep 1, 2014, 06:02 IST

The weekend is over, in Asia at least, and stocks are mostly down.

MSCI's Asia Pacific Index fell 0.1% in early Monday trading. New Zealand's NZX 50 fell 0.2%. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 Index was up as much as 0.4%. Japan's Nikkei opened 0.2% higher. U.S. futures were down about a point.

Stay tuned for Chinese PMI tonight. State data will be released at 9 p.m. Eastern, while HSBC's measure is due at 9:45 p.m.

Despite the short week we have a ton of data coming out - click here for the weekly preview from BI's Sam Ro »