Asia-Pacific Markets Off on the Day

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Hong Kong stocks fell Friday to post wkly losses after Beijing widened crackdown on fintech companies as financial watchdogs might order them to strengthen compliance with regulations.

The Hang Seng index fell 2% to 28,724.88, while the China Enterprises Index lost 2% to 10,825.25.

China stocks fell Friday to close the wk lower as data showed the country’s factory activity growth slowed in April.

The blue-chip CSI300 index fell 0.8% to 5,123.49, while the Shanghai Composite Index ended down 0.8% to 3,446.86.

On the wk, CSI300 was off 0.2%, while SSEC dropped 0.8%.

 Japanese shares ended lower Friday, weighed down by technology firms’ disappointing outlook hit investor sentiment.

The Nikkei 225 Index fell 0.83% to 28,812.63, the broader TOPIX slipped 0.57% to 1,898.24.

Australian shares fell Friday. The S&P/ASX 200 index dropped 0.6% to 7,042.1, in New Zealand, the benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index fell 0.08% to 12,704.7.

Asia-Pacific Indexes

Data as of 30 April 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 mins.

Symb

Index

Time

Last

Chg

Chg %

.TRXFLDJPP

Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index

3:42am EDT

166.42

-0.91

-0.54%

.TRXFLDHKP

Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index

5:43am EDT

350.32

-6.60

-1.85%

.TRXFLDINP

Thomson Reuters Equity India Index

7:29am EDT

1,742.61

-22.77

-1.29%

.N225

Nikkei Stock Average 225

2:15am EDT

28,812.63

-241.34

-0.83%

.HSI

Hang Seng Index

4:08am EDT

28,724.88

-578.38

-1.97%

.AORD

ASX All Ordinaries Index

3:10am EDT

7,290.70

-55.30

-0.75%

.KS11

KOSPI Index

5:01am EDT

3,147.86

-26.21

-0.83%

.SETI

SET Composite Index

5:56am EDT

1,583.13

-7.33

-0.46%

.JKSE

Jakarta Composite

4:14am EDT

5,995.62

-17.34

-0.29%

.PSI

PSE Composite Index

12:50am EDT

6,370.87

-116.64

-1.80%

.SSEC

Shanghai Composite Index

3:59am EDT

3,446.86

-28.04

-0.81%

.BSESN

S&P BSE Sensex

8:23am EDT

48,782.36

-983.58

-1.98%

.FTFBMKLCI

FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI

5:04am EDT

1,601.65

-6.85

-0.43%

.HNX30

HNX 30 Index

28 Apr 2021

419.19

+0.70

+0.17%

Have a healthy weekend, Keep the Faith!