Asia-Pacific Markets Mixed on the Day
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Hong Kong stocks fell Tuesday, tracking an overnight tech selloff on the Wall Street, while persistent anti-monopoly fears also weighed on tech giants listed in the Asian financial hub.
The Hang Seng index dropped 2.2% to 27,982.21, while the Hong Kong China Enterprises Index lost 2.4%, to 10,398.45.
China stocks ended firmer Tuesday, underpinned by gains in consumer and healthcare firms, after data showed that factory-gate prices in the world’s 2nd-largest economy last month had reached the highest marks since October 2017.
The blue-chip CSI300 index was up 0.6% at 5,023.06, capping a 4-day losing streak, while the Shanghai Composite Index firmed 0.4% to finish at 3,441.85.
Japanese shares declined Tuesday, dragged down by tech stocks tracking overnight Wall Street losses, while domestic cyclical stocks also fell.
The Nikkei share average fell 2.52% to 28,774.45 by 0158 GMT, while the broader TOPIX lost 1.84% to 1,916.40.
Tech stocks pushed Australian shares lower Tuesday as investors worried that rising commodity prices could stoke inflation.
The S&P/ASX 200 index slipped about 1.1% to 7,097, pulling back from a record closing high hit Monday.
New Zealand’s benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index extended losses into the 5th session, running ending off 0.2% on the day,
Asia-Pacific Indexes
Data as of 11 May 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 mins.
Symb
Index
Time
Last
Chg
Chg %
.TRXFLDJPP
Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index
2:59am EDT
167.03
-3.90
-2.28%
.TRXFLDHKP
Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index
3:00am EDT
336.51
-7.19
-2.09%
.TRXFLDINP
Thomson Reuters Equity India Index
3:02am EDT
1,785.33
+0.75
+0.04%
.N225
Nikkei Stock Average 225
2:15am EDT
28,608.59
-909.75
-3.08%
.HSI
Hang Seng Index
3:17am EDT
27,975.07
-620.59
-2.17%
.AORD
ASX All Ordinaries Index
3:08am EDT
7,331.60
-88.20
-1.19%
.KS11
KOSPI Index
2:32am EDT
3,209.43
-39.87
-1.23%
.SETI
SET Composite Index
1:29am EDT
1,582.14
-6.01
-0.38%
.JKSE
Jakarta Composite
3:31am EDT
5,923.99
-51.80
-0.87%
.PSI
PSE Composite Index
12:50am EDT
6,326.83
+9.42
+0.15%
.SSEC
Shanghai Composite Index
3:02am EDT
3,441.85
+13.85
+0.40%
.BSESN
S&P BSE Sensex
3:17am EDT
49,175.37
-327.04
-0.66%
.FTFBMKLCI
FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI
3:16am EDT
1,573.70
-10.22
-0.65%
.HNX30
HNX 30 Index
9 May 2021
418.48
+1.52
+0.36%
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