Asia Markets Mixed as Investors Further Digest China's Modest Growth Target
Investors further digested China's modest set growth target and looked ahead to a week of economic data releases and central bank decisions.

This is CNBC's live blog covering Asia-Pacific markets.
Stocks in Asia-Pacific traded mixed on Monday as investors further digested China's
growth target
set in its parliamentary sessions and looked ahead to a week of economic data.
In Australia, the
S&P/ASX 200
rose 0.6% ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia's decision Tuesday, with economists surveyed by Reuters expecting to see a 25 basis point hike in its cash rate.
The
Nikkei 225
rose 1.21% and the Topix climbed 0.9%. In South Korea, the Kospi gained 0.4% and the Kosdaq climbed 1.01% as the nation's inflation showed further easing in February.
The Shanghai Composite dropped 0.2% in mainland China and the Shenzhen Component fell 0.32% after Chinese Premier Li Keqiang published the nation's government report on Sunday. The
Hang Seng index
fell 0.35% in Hong Kong.
The U.S. non-farm payroll will be a key focus this week with expectations to see cooled hiring, prompting the Federal Reserve to maintain a smaller rate hike pace.
Stocks on Wall Street
ended the week
higher as Treasury yields eased from their recent highs and investors weighed the cumulative impact from Fed hikes already implemented and digested this week's comments from the central bank.
The
Dow Jones Industrial Average
rose 1.17%, the
S&P 500
climbed 1.61%, and the
Nasdaq Composite
gained 1.97%. The yield on benchmark
10-year Treasury note
dipped below the 4% threshold.
— CNBC's Tanaya Macheel, Hakyung Kim contributed to this report
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The major averages close higher
Stocks closed higher Friday, pushing major averages to a winning week.
The
Dow Jones Industrial Average
The index rose 387.40 points or 1.17% to 33,390.97. The
S&P 500
The climbed by 1.61% to 4,045.64, while the
Nasdaq Composite
Closed at 11,689.01 with a gain of 1.97%
The Dow gained 1.75% for the week. The S&P gained 1.9%, while the Nasdaq rose 2.58%.
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David Rosenberg believes that a weaker job market could result in trade risk.
David Rosenberg, chief economist and strategist of Rosenberg Research, believes the stock market would see a sustained rally when the labor market starts to contract in three to four months.
"Right now you've got a situation where the stock markets and the credit markets seem to think that they have more time that they can buy before the boom really gets lowered on the economy," Rosenberg said on CNBC's "
Quick Money
" Thursday.
"There's no doubt the economy is not strong, but it has to weaken precipitously. Unemployment has to start contracting... I think that's where you're going to find the risk on trade," he added.
The employment picture started off 2023 on a stunningly strong note, with nonfarm payrolls posting their biggest gain since July 2022. The Federal Reserve could reverse its tightening policy when the jobs market shows weakness.
— Yun Li
Brent oil prices fall on reports UAE is considering an OPEC departure
Relations between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates growing more tense, according to a report
by the Wall Street Journal
. Citing Emirati officials, the report said the UAE is debating whether it should depart OPEC.
The news of the potential rupture in the oil cartel put a chill on Brent crude prices. At one point in Friday trading, prices had fallen nearly 3%, before recovering. Recently, the global benchmark was down 0.85% at $84.03.
The two oil producing nations have been jockeying for influence and disagree over the direction of the Yemen war, according to the report.
—Christina Cheddar Berk