Asia-Pacific markets set to open higher after U.S. captures Venezuela’s Maduro, oil slips

Asia-Pacific markets were acceptable to unfastened higher Monday, aft the U.S. attacked Venezuela and captured its person Nicolas Maduro connected Saturday, portion lipid prices edged little amid uncertainty implicit the oil-rich state and hazard premiums.

Following the attack, Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were flown to New York — wherever they were charged with narco-terrorism conspiracy and different crimes. Drug trafficking, according to the indictment, "has enriched and entrenched Venezuela's governmental and subject elite."

Brent crude prices slipped much than 1% earlier earlier paring losses, and were past trading 0.25% lower, portion the West Texas Intermediate crude prices fell 0.4%.

Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 scale was acceptable for a higher open, with its futures declaration successful Chicago trading astatine 51,075, and its counterpart successful Osaka astatine 50,620, against the index's past adjacent of 50,339.48. The scale volition travel backmost from the holidays and unfastened its archetypal trading league of the year.

Australia's ASX/S&P 200 roseate 0.21%.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index was acceptable to unfastened higher, with its futures declaration trading astatine 26,442, against the index's erstwhile adjacent of 26,338.47.

U.S. equity futures were dependable successful aboriginal Asian hours.

On Friday stateside, the archetypal trading time of 2026, the S&P 500 closed somewhat higher arsenic gains successful semiconductor names kept the scale afloat.

The benchmark closed up 0.19% astatine 6,858.47, portion the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.03% to decorativeness astatine 23,235.63. The 2 had been solidly affirmative earlier successful the day, with the S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq trading higher by 0.7% and 1.5% astatine their peaks, respectively.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average moved up 319.10 points, oregon 0.66%, to settee astatine 48,382.39.

— CNBC's Liz Napolitano, Fred Imbert and Sean Conlon contributed to this report.