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Asia-Pacific markets were mostly lower on Friday after Wall Street benchmarks Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 suffered their worst day in nearly two months due to lower Microsoft earnings forecasts and Meta results.

Traders in Asia assessed a range of economic data from the region.

The Caixin China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index for October reached 50.3, according to the private surveybeating the average estimate of 49.7 in a Reuters poll of economists and rebounding from September’s 49.3.

A reading below 50 shows a contraction in production, while one above it indicates an expansion.

China’s CSI 300 rose 0.16 percent, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index rose by 0.74%.

Australia’s producer price index rose 3.9 percent year-on-year, well below 4.8 percent in the previous quarter, the data showed. data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics Friday. Quarter-on-quarter, the index rose 0.9%, compared to a 1% increase in the previous quarter.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 traded 1% lower.

of Japan Nikkei 225 fell more than 2%, while the overall Topix fell 1.33%. Bank of Japan kept its key policy rate at 0.25% Thursday.

In South Korea, the Blue Chop Kospi lost 0.19 percent and the Kosdaq index fell 1.47 percent.

The Taiwan-weighted index lost 1.51 percent as Typhoon Kong-rey, the biggest storm to hit the island in nearly 30 years, wreaked havoc.

Overnight in the US, all three major indexes fell.

The S&P 500 fell 1.86% to end at 5,705.45, and Nasdaq Composite lost 2.76% to close at 18,095.15 – both posted their biggest one-day losses since September 3. Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.9% to 41,763.46.

It marked the final trading day of a tumultuous month on Wall Street, with the 30-stock Dow posting a 1.3% monthly loss, the S&P 500 down 1% and the Nasdaq down 0.5% amid heightened uncertainty ahead of the US presidential election and the Federal Reserve’s rate decision next week.

— CNBC’s Hakyung Kim and Brian Evans contributed to this report.

Gold is slipping, heading for its first losing session in five

Futs on gold they retreated about 2% on Thursday and headed for their worst day since July.

Spot gold also fell 2 percent and headed for its first losing session in five. For the month, bullion is up about 5%.

—Brian Evans, Nick Wells

US crude closes nearly 1% higher as OPEC+ may delay production hike

U.S. crude oil futures ended up nearly 1 percent on Thursday as OPEC+ could delay a planned output increase and gasoline demand rose in the U.S.

American crude oil gained 65 cents, or 0.95%, to settle at $69.26 a barrel, while Brent shot rose 61 cents, or 0.84 percent, to $73.16 a barrel.

Sources told Reuters that OPEC+ could delay a planned December production increase by a month or more. The prospect of higher supply next year has weighed on prices recently.

U.S. gasoline inventories also fell by 2.7 million barrels last week, signaling an increase in demand.

Oil prices fell more than 3 percent this week after selling off sharply on Monday following Israel’s retaliatory strikes against Iran. Israel spared the Islamic Republic’s oil facilities, providing some relief to an oil market that had been in jeopardy due to the risk of a supply disruption.

—Spencer Kimball

Futures are bigger

Stock futures rose shortly after 6:00 PM ET.

Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.3%. The Dow and S&P 500 both rose 0.1%.

—Alex Harring

CNBC Pro: Wealth manager for the super rich names 3 stocks to buy before the end of the year

Equity markets have rallied this year as investors remained bullish on Big Tech but gained shares in under-the-radar companies.

CNBC Pro caught up with Kevin Teng, CEO of Wrise Private Singapore, for his take on the the stocks he favored earlier in the yearas well as names they are betting on before the end of the year.

The wealth manager – whose firm serves ultra-high net worth individuals in Asia, the Middle East and Europe – revealed its three stock picks, including two under-the-radar names.

CNBC Pro subscribers can read more here about the three stocks they’re betting on now.

— Amala Balakrishner