Friday’s World Stock Markets: Asia-Pacific

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Australian shares rose more than 1% Friday, led by a recovery in banks and miners, tracking overnight Wall Street gainers

The S&P/ASX 200 index was up 1.1% at 6,725.70 by 2350 GMT on track to rise 1.7% in January, its 4th straight monthly gainer.

In New Zealand, the benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index was up 1.5% at 13,279.96 set to gain 0.8% on the month.

Japanese shares slipped on Friday, giving up early gains, as a boost from technology companies reporting upbeat earnings was overshadowed by investors’ profit-taking and rebalancing at the end of month.

The market is on pace to post its 3rd month running of gains. The Nikkei is hanging below a 30-yr high marked earlier this month.

Japan’s Nikkei share average slipped 0.18% to 28,145.63 by midday. The broader Topix was down 0.07% at 1,837.60.

 China stocks recorded a weekly loss of more than 3% Friday, although they posted monthly gainers on increasing hopes of an economic recovery.

The blue-chip CSI300 index ended 0.5% lower to 5,351.96, while the Shanghai Composite Index shed 0.6% to 3,483.07.

On the wk, CSI300 dropped 3.9%, while SSEC declined 3.4%.

In January, the CSI300 was up 2.7%, while SSEC was up 0.3%

Asia-Pacific Indexes

Data as of 29 January 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 mins.

Symb

Index

Time

Last

Chg

Chg %

.TRXFLDJPP

Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index

1:59am EST

158.48

-2.50

-1.55%

.TRXFLDHKP

Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index

2:03am EST

354.57

-0.60

-0.17%

.TRXFLDINP

Thomson Reuters Equity India Index

2:03am EST

1,610.16

+2.17

+0.13%

.N225

Nikkei Stock Average 225

1:15am EST

27,663.39

-534.03

-1.89%

.HSI

Hang Seng Index

2:18am EST

28,457.53

-93.24

-0.33%

.AORD

ASX All Ordinaries Index

1:34am EST

6,870.90

-46.70

-0.68%

.KS11

KOSPI Index

1:32am EST

2,976.21

-92.84

-3.03%

.SETI

SET Composite Index

12:29am EST

1,459.27

-9.24

-0.63%

.JKSE

Jakarta Composite

2:33am EST

5,895.95

-83.44

-1.40%

.PSI

PSE Composite Index

28 Jan 2021

6,612.62

-239.22

-3.49%

.SSEC

Shanghai Composite Index

2:00am EST

3,483.07

-22.11

-0.63%

.BSESN

S&P BSE Sensex

2:19am EST

46,858.95

-15.41

-0.03%

.FTFBMKLCI

FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI

28 Jan 2021

1,568.05

-12.57

-0.80%

.HNX30

HNX 30 Index

27 Jan 2021

303.61

-27.12

-8.20%

Have a healthy weekend, Keep the Faith!