Monday’s World Stock Markets: Asia-Pacific

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Monday the US financial markets are closed in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

China stocks ended higher Monday, as investors cheered better-than-expected GDP data pointing to a strong recovery from The China Virus chaos in the world’s 2nd-largest economy.

The blue-chip CSI300 index rose 1.1% to close at 5,518.52, and the Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.8% at 3,596.22.

The tech-heavy start-up board ChiNext climbed 1.9%, and the STAR50 index spiked 2.3%.

Japanese stock prices slid on Monday as investors took profits from recent gainers, including semiconductor-related shares, following the market’s rapid ascent to a three-decade high earlier this month.

The Nikkei average dropped 0.97% to end at 28,242.21, slipping further from its 30-yr high of 28,979 marked last wk. It is up 2.9% YTD. The broader Topix lost 0.60% to 1,845.49.

Australian shares finished lower Monday on news the country may not fully reopen its international borders this year despite the vaccination drive weighed sentiment.

The S&P/ASX 200 index slipped 0.8% to 6,663 at the close of trade. New Zealand’s benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index fell 1.4% or 186.3 pts to finish the session at 12,838.36.

Asia-Pacific Indexes

Data as of 18 January 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 mins.

Symb

Index

Time

Last

Chg

Chg %

.TRXFLDJPP

Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index

1:59am EST

161.30

-0.91

-0.56%

.TRXFLDHKP

Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index

2:27am EST

353.97

+4.53

+1.30%

.TRXFLDINP

Thomson Reuters Equity India Index

2:25am EST

1,656.87

-18.50

-1.10%

.N225

Nikkei Stock Average 225

1:15am EST

28,242.21

-276.97

-0.97%

.HSI

Hang Seng Index

2:41am EST

28,809.91

+236.05

+0.83%

.AORD

ASX All Ordinaries Index

1:18am EST

6,935.40

-51.40

-0.74%

.KS11

KOSPI Index

1:32am EST

3,013.93

-71.97

-2.33%

.SETI

SET Composite Index

2:43am EST

1,507.21

-11.92

-0.78%

.JKSE

Jakarta Composite

2:50am EST

6,380.63

+7.22

+0.11%

.PSI

PSE Composite Index

17 Jan 2021

7,203.44

-35.02

-0.48%

.SSEC

Shanghai Composite Index

2:36am EST

3,596.22

+29.85

+0.84%

.BSESN

S&P BSE Sensex

2:43am EST

48,677.07

-357.60

-0.73%

.FTFBMKLCI

FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI

17 Jan 2021

1,610.97

-16.04

-0.99%

.HNX30

HNX 30 Index

14 Jan 2021

375.99

+12.31

+3.38%

Have a healthy week, Keep the Faith!