Asia-Pacific Markets Mixed
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China stocks close at 3-month highs as policy tightening fears ease
Japanese shares fall on profit-taking
Australian shares close higher on mining boost, New Zealand’s benchmark fell
Asia-Pacific Indexes
Data as of 27 May 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 minutes.
Symb
Index
Time
Last
Chg
Chg %
.TRXFLDJPP
Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index
2:59am EDT
167.61
-0.78
-0.46%
.TRXFLDHKP
Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index
3:09am EDT
348.64
-0.36
-0.10%
.TRXFLDINP
Thomson Reuters Equity India Index
3:09am EDT
1,846.32
+6.43
+0.35%
.N225
Nikkei Stock Average 225
2:15am EDT
28,549.01
-93.18
-0.33%
.HSI
Hang Seng Index
3:26am EDT
29,112.17
-53.84
-0.18%
.AORD
ASX All Ordinaries Index
3:05am EDT
7,344.00
+12.40
+0.17%
.KS11
KOSPI Index
2:33am EDT
3,165.51
-2.92
-0.09%
.SETI
SET Composite Index
3:25am EDT
1,580.24
+11.66
+0.74%
.JKSE
Jakarta Composite
3:40am EDT
5,894.08
+78.24
+1.35%
.PSI
PSE Composite Index
12:50am EDT
6,665.14
+323.90
+5.11%
.SSEC
Shanghai Composite Index
3:04am EDT
3,608.85
+15.49
+0.43%
.BSESN
S&P BSE Sensex
3:26am EDT
51,099.10
+81.58
+0.16%
.FTFBMKLCI
FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI
3:25am EDT
1,585.46
+7.64
+0.48%
.HNX30
HNX 30 Index
25 May 2021
459.75
+2.33
+0.51%
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