Asia-Pacific Markets Mixed
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China’s blue-chip share index ended higher Tuesday. At the close, the blue-chip CSI300 index was up 0.26%, while the Shanghai Composite index ended 0.04% higher at 3,442.61.
Japanese shares finished off Tuesday as a lot of corporate earnings failed to meet investors’ high expectations for strong profit recovery.
The Nikkei share average fell 0.46% to 28,991.89, while the broader TOPIX shed 0.76% to 1,903.55.
Australian shares closed lower Tuesday ahead of the Fed’s meeting and awaited cues from a big earnings week in the US.
The S&P/ASX 200 index fell 0.17% to close trade at 7,033.8, New Zealand’s benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index fell 0.24% to 12,620.5.
Asia-Pacific Indexes
Data as of 27 Apr 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 minutes.
Symb
Index
Time
Last
Chg
Chg %
.TRXFLDJPP
Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index
4:04am EDT
166.87
-1.21
-0.72%
.TRXFLDHKP
Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index
5:54am EDT
352.89
+0.55
+0.16%
.TRXFLDINP
Thomson Reuters Equity India Index
6:20am EDT
1,741.09
+20.69
+1.20%
.N225
Nikkei Stock Average 225
2:15am EDT
28,991.89
-134.34
-0.46%
.HSI
Hang Seng Index
4:08am EDT
28,941.54
-11.29
-0.04%
.AORD
ASX All Ordinaries Index
2:43am EDT
7,295.50
-12.30
-0.17%
.KS11
KOSPI Index
5:03am EDT
3,215.42
-2.11
-0.07%
.SETI
SET Composite Index
5:58am EDT
1,559.23
-0.30
-0.02%
.JKSE
Jakarta Composite
4:14am EDT
5,959.62
-5.20
-0.09%
.PSI
PSE Composite Index
12:50am EDT
6,356.47
-32.91
-0.52%
.SSEC
Shanghai Composite Index
3:59am EDT
3,442.61
+1.45
+0.04%
.BSESN
S&P BSE Sensex
6:35am EDT
48,944.14
+557.63
+1.15%
.FTFBMKLCI
FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI
5:04am EDT
1,606.68
-16.79
-1.03%
.HNX30
HNX 30 Index
26 Apr 2021
415.55
-0.11
-0.03%
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