Asia Pacific stocks set to trade mixed as Nasdaq touches record closing high

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Concerns around the coronavirus situation stateside are likely to linger, however.

Futures pointed to a higher open for Japanese stocks while shares in Australia were set to dip.

Investors will watch to see if overnight momentum on Wall Street , which saw the Nasdaq Composite touching a record closing high, carries through into the Asia Pacific session. Concerns around the coronavirus situation stateside are likely to linger. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott warned Monday that "additional measures are going to be necessary" if coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continued spiking.

Stocks in Asia Pacific were set for a mixed start to the trading day on Tuesday following gains on Wall Street that saw theFutures pointed to a higher open for Japanese stocks, with the Nikkei futures contract in Chicago at 22,680 while its counterpart in Osaka was at 22,570. That compared against theMeanwhile, shares in Australia were set to dip.

 

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