singapore shares in asiapacific looked set to trade lower at the monday open with chinas industrial profits data for august set to be out later in the day futures pointed to a lower open for japanese stocks the nikkei futures contract in chicago was at 30155 while its counterpart in osaka was at 30040 that compared against the nikkei 225s last close at 3024881 australian stocks also looked poised to slip with the spi futures contract at 7304 against the spasx 200s last close at 734260 chinese industrial profits data for august is set to be released at 930 am hksin on monday investors will also continue to watch for developments surrounding china evergrande group as the embattled developer continued to stay silent on its 83 million dollar bond interest payment that was due thursday