MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan extended early gains and was up 1.1 percent, while Japan’s Nikkei (.N225) added 0.9 percent. China’s official Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) stood at a three-year low of 49.6 in November, compared with the previous month’s reading of 49.8 and below both forecasts for a reading of 49.8 as well as the 50-point mark that separates growth from contraction. China’s major stock indexes opened down, with the CSI300 index and the Shanghai Composite Index (.SSEC) both 0.1 percent lower in early trading.