Asia-Pacific Markets: Japan's Nikkei Led the Rally

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Japanese shares rose Thursday as investors bought up chip-related and cyclical shares following a 2-day decline across all sectors, with sentiment aided by an upbeat finish on Wall Street Wednesday.

The main indexes gained the most in more than 7 wks, with the Nikkei share average spiking 2.38% to close at 29,188.17, while the broader TOPIX closed up 1.82% at 1,922.50.

Australian shares were buoyed Thursday by the mining, banking and technology sectors. The S&P/ASX 200 index rose 0.5% to 7,033.2 by 0045 GMT. New Zealand’s benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index finished + 0.36% at 12,579.9,

China stocks slipped Thursday. The CSI300 index fell 0.1%, to 5,092.72 at the end of the morning session, while the Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.1%, to 3,471.23.

Asia-Pacific Indexes

Data as of 22 Apr 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 minutes.

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Index

Time

Last

Chg

Chg %

.TRXFLDJPP

Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index

2:25am EDT

168.40

+2.97

+1.80%

.TRXFLDHKP

Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index

2:23am EDT

349.21

+1.94

+0.56%

.TRXFLDINP

Thomson Reuters Equity India Index

2:23am EDT

1,702.06

+3.09

+0.18%

.N225

Nikkei Stock Average 225

2:15am EDT

29,188.17

+679.62

+2.38%

.HSI

Hang Seng Index

2:40am EDT

28,770.52

+148.60

+0.52%

.AORD

ASX All Ordinaries Index

2:17am EDT

7,312.00

+53.10

+0.73%

.KS11

KOSPI Index

2:30am EDT

3,177.52

+5.86

+0.18%

.SETI

SET Composite Index

1:29am EDT

1,578.51

-1.50

-0.09%

.JKSE

Jakarta Composite

2:54am EDT

5,991.96

-1.28

-0.02%

.PSI

PSE Composite Index

12:50am EDT

6,415.53

-23.86

-0.37%

.SSEC

Shanghai Composite Index

2:41am EDT

3,459.14

-13.79

-0.40%

.BSESN

S&P BSE Sensex

2:42am EDT

47,717.33

+11.53

+0.02%

.FTFBMKLCI

FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI

2:39am EDT

1,605.52

+8.94

+0.56%

.HNX30

HNX 30 Index

19 Apr 2021

442.87

+0.33

+0.07%

Have a healthy day, Keep the Faith!