Asia-Pacific markets largely fell as investors look ahead to China’s inflation figures and trade balance later this week.

China will release its trade balance for Tuesday and inflation data on Wednesday, which will give clues on the country’s recovery trajectory.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index climbed marginally, but mainland Chinese markets were also all in negative territory. The Shanghai Composite lost 0.59% to finish at 3,268.83, while the Shenzhen Component was 0.83% down to close at 11,145.03

Japan’s Nikkei 225 was up 0.19% and closed at 32,254.56, erasing earlier losses in the day, and the Topix was up 0.41% to end at 2,283.93. In its summary of opinions for its July 28 meeting, the Bank of Japan said it still has a “significantly long way to go” before revising its stance on its negative interest rate policy.

In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 slid 0.22% to finish at 7,309.2. South Korea’s Kospi was down 0.85% to close at 2,580.7, marking its fourth straight day of losses, while the Kosdaq saw a larger loss and tumbled 2.2% to end at 898.22.On Friday in the U.S., the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite slumped for a fourth straight session, and notched their worst weeks since March, as traders seemed to book profits following the latest corporate earnings releases and U.S. jobs data.

The S&P 500 shed 0.53%, the Nasdaq Composite dipped 0.36%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost or 0.43%.