Stock markets showed mixed to lower performance, with global manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) data coming in varied: China, Europe, and the US remained in expansion territory, while Germany and the UK contracted. The market also reacted to OPEC's decision to pause its output hikes for Q1 of next year, US ISM Manufacturing PMI sinking deeper into contraction, and anticipation builds for the release of the JOLTS Job Openings report tomorrow, provided the government shutdown does not delay it.