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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