Asia-Pacific Markets, Mostly Up for Weekly Gainers
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Asian stocks rose Friday for a wkly gainer, as investors tempered fears about hot inflation and the prospects of an early tapering of stimulus by the Fed Japan's Nikkei (.N225) rose 1%, while MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares sans Japan added 0.6%.
Asia-Pacific Indexes
Data as of 21 May 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 mins.
Symb
Index
Time
Last
Chg
Chg %
.TRXFLDJPP
Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index
3:41am EDT
166.94
+0.77
+0.46%
.TRXFLDHKP
Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index
4:26am EDT
342.46
+0.52
+0.15%
.TRXFLDINP
Thomson Reuters Equity India Index
4:26am EDT
1,818.73
+19.36
+1.08%
.N225
Nikkei Stock Average 225
2:15am EDT
28,317.83
+219.58
+0.78%
.HSI
Hang Seng Index
4:08am EDT
28,458.44
+8.15
+0.03%
.AORD
ASX All Ordinaries Index
2:45am EDT
7,265.30
+12.70
+0.18%
.KS11
KOSPI Index
2:33am EDT
3,156.42
-5.86
-0.19%
.SETI
SET Composite Index
4:42am EDT
1,550.79
-3.75
-0.24%
.JKSE
Jakarta Composite
4:14am EDT
5,773.12
-24.48
-0.42%
.PSI
PSE Composite Index
12:50am EDT
6,199.25
+1.61
+0.03%
.SSEC
Shanghai Composite Index
3:59am EDT
3,486.56
-20.39
-0.58%
.BSESN
S&P BSE Sensex
4:42am EDT
50,271.45
+706.59
+1.43%
.FTFBMKLCI
FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI
4:42am EDT
1,560.24
-15.08
-0.96%
.HNX30
HNX 30 Index
19 May 2021
442.80
+2.18
+0.49%
Have a healthy weekend, Keep the Faith!
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