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Asia markets climb as investors assess assassination attempt on Trump, await China Third Plenum ========== Asia-Pacific markets climbed as investors awaited China’s Third Plenum and assessed an assassination attempt on former U.S. President Donald Trump at a rally over the weekend. China’s top leaders will gather this week for the Third Plenum, expected to focus on high local government debt levels and advanced manufacturing. Key China economic data, including second quarter GDP numbers, will be released. Japan’s markets are closed for a public holiday. South Korea’s market was 0.44% higher, while the small-cap Kosdaq rose 0.22%. S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.78% and hit a fresh all-time high. Hang Seng index futures were lower than the last close. U.S. market futures were marginally up, with Dow Jones Industrial Average higher by 0.11%, and S&P 500 and Nasdaq saw gains of about 0.1%. #AsiapacificMarkets #ChinaThirdPlenum #DonaldTrump #AssassinationAttempt #ChinaEconomy #JapanMarkets #SouthKoreaMarkets #S&p/asx200 #HangSengIndex #UsMarketFutures https://emeatribune.com/asia-markets-climb-as-investors-assess-assassination-attempt-on-trump-await-china-third-plenum/