South Korea leads gains as Asia-Pacific stocks rise; China October economic data releases ahead DUK News


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rSINGAPORE u2014 Shares in Asia-Pacific rose in Monday trade as investors look ahead to Chinese economic data releases due out later today.South Korea's Kospi climbed 1.11%, leading gains among the region's major markets as shares of chipmaker SK Hynix soared more than 4%.Elsewhere, mainland Chinese stocks were mixed, with the Shanghai composite up around 0.1% while the Shenzhen component dipped 0.27%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell 0.14%.China is set to release a slew of economic data, including industrial production and retail sales for October, at 10:00 a.m. HK/SIN.The Nikkei 225 in Japan rose 0.49% as shares of conglomerate SoftBank...