Asia-Pacific markets set to open mostly higher as investors look toward China trade data

Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed on Monday as investors awaited trade data from China due later in the day.Economists polled by Reuters expect China's exports in November to rise 3.8% from a year earlier, reversing the 1.1% contraction in October. Imports are expected to increase 3% in the same period, up from 1% the month before.Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 slid 0.14%, while the Topix added 0.25%. South Korea's Kospi was flat, and the small-cap Kosdaq traded 0.45% higher.Revisions released by Tokyo on Mon ...