Asia-Pacific markets were mixed on Friday, with some markets recovering from the Boxing Day holiday and investors awaiting economic data from the region.

Australian S&P/ASX 200 Index The shares rose 0.68% as trading resumed after the Christmas and Boxing Day holidays.

Japanese Nikkei 225 Index rose 0.51%, and the Topix rose 0.56%. Korean Cospi The Kosdaq index fell 0.58%, or 0.61%.

Investor Assessment November inflation data from Tokyo, JapanIts headline inflation rate was 3%, compared with 2.6% in October. Core inflation, which excludes fresh food costs, rose to 2.4%, below Reuters’ forecast of 2.5%. Tokyo’s inflation data is widely considered a leading indicator of national trends.

Japanese Unemployment rate in November It was 2.5%, in line with Reuters’ forecast and unchanged from October.

Traders awaited Chinese industrial profit data for November.

Overnight in America, Dow Jones Industrial Average Markets erased earlier losses and squeezed out modest gains in thin trading on Thursday after a run of strong gains to start the holiday week.

The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average, which fell about 182 points earlier in the day, closed up 28.77 points, or 0.07%, at 43,325.80 points. this S&P 500 Index It fell 2.45 points or 0.04% to 6,037.59 points. this Nasdaq Composite Index It also ended the day lower, down less than 0.1% at 20,020.36.

—CNBC’s Li Yun contributed to this report.