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Hong Kong shares closed higher Wednesday, with financials and consumer staples leading gains on the back of strong corporate earnings, while investors await cues on policy from politburo meetings due later this week. At the close of trade, the Hang Seng index was up 129.80 or 0.45% at 29,071.34. The Hang Seng China Enterprises index closed up 0.28% at 11,014.69. 

China Mainland shares were flat Wednesday as investors awaited kKey politburo meeting for policy deliberations, shrugging off strong company earnings as economy recovered from the VirusCasedemic.

Japanese shares closed higher Wednesday, led by technology stocks.

The Nikkei share average finished up 0.21% to close at 29,053.97, while the broader TOPIX rose 0.29% to finish at 1,903.

Australian shares were up Wednesday as energy stocks rose tracking an uptick in Crude Oil prices, though losses in gold and technology capped gains.

The S&P/ASX 200 index finished + 0.11% at 7,041.5. In New Zealand, the benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index rose 0.31% at 12,659.6.

Asia-Pacific Indexes

Data as of 28 April 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 mins.

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Index

Time

Last

Chg

Chg %

.TRXFLDJPP

Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index

6:44am EDT

167.33

+0.46

+0.28%

.TRXFLDHKP

Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index

5:43am EDT

354.76

+1.87

+0.53%

.TRXFLDINP

Thomson Reuters Equity India Index

7:03am EDT

1,762.91

+21.82

+1.25%

.N225

Nikkei Stock Average 225

2:15am EDT

29,053.97

+62.08

+0.21%

.HSI

Hang Seng Index

4:08am EDT

29,071.34

+129.80

+0.45%

.AORD

ASX All Ordinaries Index

2:47am EDT

7,320.00

+24.50

+0.34%

.KS11

KOSPI Index

5:01am EDT

3,181.47

-33.95

-1.06%

.SETI

SET Composite Index

5:47am EDT

1,576.79

+17.56

+1.13%

.JKSE

Jakarta Composite

4:14am EDT

5,974.48

+14.86

+0.25%

.PSI

PSE Composite Index

12:50am EDT

6,469.14

+112.67

+1.77%

.SSEC

Shanghai Composite Index

3:59am EDT

3,457.07

+14.46

+0.42%

.BSESN

S&P BSE Sensex

7:18am EDT

49,733.84

+789.70

+1.61%

.FTFBMKLCI

FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI

5:04am EDT

1,608.50

+1.82

+0.11%

.HNX30

HNX 30 Index

27 Apr 2021

418.49

+2.94

+0.71%

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