singapore shares in japan looked set for a higher start on thursday as investors in asiapacific await the release of chinas inflation data for september the nikkei futures contract in chicago was at 28280 while its counterpart in osaka was at 28210 that compared against the nikkei 225s last close at 2814028 australian stocks rose in morning trade as the spasx 200 gained 065 chinas consumer price index and producer price index for september are set to be out at 930 am hksin on thursday markets in hong kong are closed on thursday for a holiday