Asia-Pacific Markets Closed Higher Across the Board

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 Australian shares closed at their highest marks in nearly 14 months Thursday

Hong Kong stocks finished the session higher Thursday, tracking gains in its peers in the region after the Fed said it was too early to consider rolling back emergency support for the economy.

 At the close of trade, the Hang Seng index (HSI) was up 231.92 or 0.8% at 29,303.26. The Hang Seng China Enterprises index rose 0.32% to finish at 11,049.88.

China stocks ended the session higher Thursday, bolstered by gains in financials after some heavyweight companies reported strong Q-1 profits.

At the close, the Shanghai Composite index was up 0.52% at 3,474.90, while the blue-chip CSI300 index was up 0.88% at 5,164.17. The Shenzhen index ended up 0.36% and the start-up board ChiNext Composite index was flat to unchanged.

Japan's exchanges were closed Thursday.

Australian shares rose Thursday, helped by energy and gold stocks that tracked higher prices of underlying commodities.

The S&P/ASX 200 index rose 0.15% to finish at 7,075.6. In New Zealand, the benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index rose 0.11% to finish at 12,660.6. 

Asia-Pacific Indexes

Data as of 29 April 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 mins.

Symb

Index

Time

Last

Chg

Chg %

.TRXFLDJPP

Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index

3:42am EDT

167.33

+0.00

+0.00%

.TRXFLDHKP

Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index

5:43am EDT

356.92

+2.16

+0.61%

.TRXFLDINP

Thomson Reuters Equity India Index

7:05am EDT

1,765.38

+2.47

+0.14%

.N225

Nikkei Stock Average 225

28 Apr 2021

29,053.97

+62.08

+0.21%

.HSI

Hang Seng Index

4:09am EDT

29,303.26

+231.92

+0.80%

.AORD

ASX All Ordinaries Index

2:58am EDT

7,346.00

+26.00

+0.36%

.KS11

KOSPI Index

5:03am EDT

3,174.07

-7.40

-0.23%

.SETI

SET Composite Index

5:59am EDT

1,590.46

+13.67

+0.87%

.JKSE

Jakarta Composite

4:14am EDT

6,012.96

+38.48

+0.64%

.PSI

PSE Composite Index

12:50am EDT

6,487.51

+18.37

+0.28%

.SSEC

Shanghai Composite Index

3:59am EDT

3,474.90

+17.83

+0.52%

.BSESN

S&P BSE Sensex

7:19am EDT

49,765.94

+32.10

+0.06%

.FTFBMKLCI

FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI

28 Apr 2021

1,608.50

+1.82

+0.11%

.HNX30

HNX 30 Index

28 Apr 2021

419.19

+0.70

+0.17%

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