China Trade Data Due On Monday

(RTTNews) - China will on Monday release September figures for imports, exports and trade balance, highlighting a modest day for Asia-Pacific economic activity.

The trade balance is expected to show a surplus of $41.40 billion, down from $49.84 billion in August. Imports are expected to slide 3.0 percent on year after falling 2.4 percent in the previous month. Exports are called higher by 13.0 percent after jumping 9.4 percent a month earlier.

Australia will see August numbers for credit card purchases and balances; in July, they were at A$23.4 billion and A$49.4 billion, respectively.

New Zealand will release food price data for September; prices were up 0.3 percent on month and 0.7 percent on year in August.

Finally, markets in Japan are closed on Monday for Health-Sports Day, and will re-open on Tuesday.