Asia-Pacific Markets, Higher Overall
#Asia-Pacific #stocks#Australia #NewZealand #Japan #China#HongKong
Hong Kong stocks rise for 3rd day running as energy, telecom firms gain
China stocks edge higher on energy, transport gainers
Japanese shares spike as investors shrug off GDP data to buy battered stocks
Gold, energy stocks lift Australia shares as commodity prices firm
Asia-Pacific Indexes
Data as of 18 May 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 mins.
Symb
Index
Time
Last
Chg
Chg %
.TRXFLDJPP
Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index
18 May 2021
167.15
+2.49
+1.51%
.TRXFLDHKP
Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index
18 May 2021
342.55
+4.59
+1.36%
.TRXFLDINP
Thomson Reuters Equity India Index
18 May 2021
1,811.02
+24.00
+1.34%
.N225
Nikkei Stock Average 225
18 May 2021
28,406.84
--
--%
.HSI
Hang Seng Index
18 May 2021
28,593.81
+399.72
+1.42%
.AORD
ASX All Ordinaries Index
8:16pm EDT
7,186.40
-112.70
-1.54%
.KS11
KOSPI Index
18 May 2021
3,173.05
+38.53
+1.23%
.SETI
SET Composite Index
18 May 2021
1,566.80
--
--%
.JKSE
Jakarta Composite
18 May 2021
5,834.39
--
--%
.PSI
PSE Composite Index
17 May 2021
6,244.74
--
--%
.SSEC
Shanghai Composite Index
17 May 2021
3,529.01
--
--%
.BSESN
S&P BSE Sensex
18 May 2021
50,193.33
+612.60
+1.24%
.FTFBMKLCI
FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI
18 May 2021
1,591.32
+7.86
+0.50%
.HNX30
HNX 30 Index
17 May 2021
438.98
-3.03
-0.69%
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