The major regional equity markets trade......>

STOCKS: The major regional equity markets trade marginally mixed in Asia-Pac

hours, with little in the way of clear catalysts to drive sentiment during the

session.

- Australia's heavyweight materials sector struggled.

- Elsewhere, some of China's tech names were pressured after the country's

state-backed semiconductor fund announced plans to reduce holdings in Gigadevice

Semiconductor, Shenzhen Goodix Technology and Hunan Goke Microelectronics by

~1ppt apiece.

- U.S. equity index futures were marginally higher, settling after Friday's

quad-witching driven price action.

- Nikkei 225 +0.2%, Hang Seng unch., CSI 300 -0.5%, ASX 200 -0.4%.

- S&P 500 futures +2, DJIA futures +10, NASDAQ 100 futures +8.