Asia-Pacific and EU Stocks Follow US Markets North
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China stocks finished higher, with the blue-chip index posting its best day in 6 wks, led by gainers in new energy vehicles firms, while strong foreign inflows also helped investor sentiment.
The blue-chip CSI300 index rose 2.4% at 5,087.02 Monday, the Shanghai Composite Index climbed 1.5% to close at 3,477.55.
Japan’s TOPIX closed lower Monday, the Nikkei ended flat to little changed.
The broader TOPIX slipped 0.22% to 1,956.56, while the Nikkei 225 Index ended 0.01% higher at 29,685.37.
Australian shares finished flat Monday. The S&P/ASX 200 index closed little changed at 7,065.6. New Zealand’s benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index was up 0.7% at 12,767.83.
Asia-Pacific Indexes
Data as of 19 Apr 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 minutes.
Symb
Index
Time
Last
Chg
Chg %
.TRXFLDJPP
Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index
3:37am EDT
171.32
-0.39
-0.23%
.TRXFLDHKP
Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index
4:09am EDT
353.98
+1.42
+0.40%
.TRXFLDINP
Thomson Reuters Equity India Index
4:09am EDT
1,698.21
-34.07
-1.97%
.N225
Nikkei Stock Average 225
2:15am EDT
29,685.37
+2.00
+0.01%
.HSI
Hang Seng Index
4:08am EDT
29,106.15
+136.44
+0.47%
.AORD
ASX All Ordinaries Index
3:18am EDT
7,328.00
+2.20
+0.03%
.KS11
KOSPI Index
2:32am EDT
3,198.84
+0.22
+0.01%
.SETI
SET Composite Index
4:26am EDT
1,571.31
+22.35
+1.44%
.JKSE
Jakarta Composite
4:14am EDT
6,052.54
-33.72
-0.55%
.PSI
PSE Composite Index
12:50am EDT
6,459.76
-35.05
-0.54%
.SSEC
Shanghai Composite Index
3:59am EDT
3,477.55
+50.93
+1.49%
.BSESN
S&P BSE Sensex
4:26am EDT
47,804.73
-1,027.30
-2.10%
.FTFBMKLCI
FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI
4:26am EDT
1,601.35
-7.03
-0.44%
.HNX30
HNX 30 Index
15 Apr 2021
440.43
-3.39
-0.76%
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