SINGAPORE — Shares in Japan looked set for a lower open on Wednesday as investors in Asia-Pacific look ahead to the release of Chinese trade data for September.

Chicago’s Nikkei futures contract was 28,125, while Osaka’s counterpart stood at 28,120. This is compared to the Nikkei 225’sLast close: 28230.61

Australian stocks dropped in morning trade after the S&P/ASX 200Reduce 0.2%

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing said Tuesday morning that trading in the securities and derivatives markets had been delayed because of bad weather.

It U.S. dollar indexThe indices that track the greenback in relation to a basket of peers were at 94.516 on Wednesday, after rising from below 94.2 levels earlier in the week.

It Japanese yenAfter yesterday’s weakness against the greenback, it traded at 113.51 dollars. Following yesterday’s weakening of the greenback to below 113.4, it traded at 113.51 per dollar. Australian dollarWas at $0.7345, a decrease of around $0.738 from yesterday.