SINGAPORE — Shares in Japan were set for a higher start on Monday as investors look ahead to Chinese economic data releases expected later in the day.

Futures indicated a greater open for Japanese stocks. Chicago’s Nikkei futures contract was 29,795 and Osaka’s counterpart was 29,710. This was compared with the Nikkei 225’sLast close: 29,609.97

Australian stocks rose during morning trade on Monday as the S&P/ASX 200Gained 0.2%

China will release a slew economic data including retail sales and industrial production for October at 10:00 a.m. HK/SIN.

It U.S. dollar indexAfter a rise of below 94.5,, which measures the greenback in relation to a basket consisting of its peers, stood at 95.125.

It Japanese yenFollowing last week’s decline from levels of 113 to the greenback, it traded at 114 USD Australian dollarIt was $0.7335 after falling from $0.74 the week before.