Asia-Pacific Markets Ignore Mr. Biden's Tax Hike Notion
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Asia-Pacific shares advanced Friday, lifted by rising Chinese blue-chips and a decision by the ECB to maintain stimulus, while investors ignored the impact of Mr. Biden's capital gains tax hike notion.
Friday MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares sans Japan shook off early small losses to rise 0.43%.
Chinese blue-chip shares rose 0.51%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 0.54% and Seoul’s KOSPI added 0.2%.
China's blue-chip CSI300 index finished up 0.9% at 5,135.45, and the Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.3% to finish at 3,474.17.
On the week, CSI300 climbed 3.4%, the biggest weekly gainer in 2 months, while SSEC was up 1.4%.
Japanese shares closed lower Friday, as a disappointing forecast from Nidec added to the cautious mood at the start of the corporate earnings season.
The Nikkei share average fell 0.57% to 29,020.63, the broader TOPIX lost 0.39% to 1,914.98. Both indexes declined more than 2% on the wk.
Australian shares finished higher Friday, but recorded their 1st wkly loss in 5.
The S&P/ASX 200 closed 0.08% higher at 7,060.70. The benchmark was 0.04% lower on the wk. New Zealand’s benchmark S&P/NZX 50 rose 0.6% to finish at 12650.64 finishing the wk 0.3% lower.
Asia-Pacific Indexes
Data as of 23 Apr 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 minutes.
Symb
Index
Time
Last
Chg
Chg %
.TRXFLDJPP
Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index
2:59am EDT
167.78
-0.62
-0.37%
.TRXFLDHKP
Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index
3:29am EDT
352.46
+2.96
+0.85%
.TRXFLDINP
Thomson Reuters Equity India Index
3:29am EDT
1,711.06
+2.14
+0.13%
.N225
Nikkei Stock Average 225
2:15am EDT
29,020.63
-167.54
-0.57%
.HSI
Hang Seng Index
3:46am EDT
29,025.73
+270.39
+0.94%
.AORD
ASX All Ordinaries Index
3:14am EDT
7,320.70
+8.70
+0.12%
.KS11
KOSPI Index
2:32am EDT
3,186.10
+8.58
+0.27%
.SETI
SET Composite Index
3:45am EDT
1,553.73
-14.48
-0.92%
.JKSE
Jakarta Composite
4:00am EDT
6,016.86
+22.68
+0.38%
.PSI
PSE Composite Index
12:50am EDT
6,378.07
-37.46
-0.58%
.SSEC
Shanghai Composite Index
3:39am EDT
3,474.17
+9.05
+0.26%
.BSESN
S&P BSE Sensex
3:46am EDT
48,056.83
-23.84
-0.05%
.FTFBMKLCI
FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI
3:46am EDT
1,608.57
+0.84
+0.05%
.HNX30
HNX 30 Index
21 Apr 2021
421.35
-21.52
-4.86%
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