Asia markets set to open mostly higher ahead of key China inflation data

The city skyline of Lujiazui Shanghai Center in China, on March 13, 2024.Asia-Pacific markets rose Wednesday as investors assessed China's August inflation data.Consumer prices in the mainland fell 0.4% year over year in August, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics released Wednesday, missing expectations of a 0.2% drop by economists polled by Reuters.Meanwhile, the producer price index fell 2.9% year over year, in line with expectations and improving from the 3.6% drop in July.Shares of ...