Monday’s World Stock Markets: Asia-Pacific

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China shares finished higher Monday, rebounding from their biggest weekly decliner in a yr as investors bought the dip.

The Shanghai Composite index ended up 1.21% at 3,551.40. The blue-chip CSI300 index was up 1.54%.

Japan’s TOPIX Index Monday rose the most in 7 months, as a pause in sell-offs in US Treasuries boosted the tech-heavy NAS Comp index and lifted domestic shares of chipmakers.

The TOPIX Index spiked 2.04% at 1,894.94, while the the Nikkei share average advanced 2.41% at 29,663.50, the biggest gainer since 29 December 2020.

Australian shares marked their best session in 2 months Monday, as upbeat economic data strengthened recovery hopes, while the central bank increasing the size of its daily quantitative easing program also aided Bullish sentiment.

The S&P/ASX 200 index rose 1.7% to close at 6,789.6 in a solid start to March, New Zealand’s benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index rose 0.6% to finish the session at 12,301.81.

Asia-Pacific Indexes

Data as of 1 Mar 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 minutes.

Symb

Index

Time

Last

Chg

Chg %

.TRXFLDJPP

Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index

2:43am EST

166.61

+3.22

+1.97%

.TRXFLDHKP

Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index

3:42am EST

363.31

+8.38

+2.36%

.TRXFLDINP

Thomson Reuters Equity India Index

3:42am EST

1,731.34

+24.95

+1.46%

.N225

Nikkei Stock Average 225

1:15am EST

29,663.50

+697.49

+2.41%

.HSI

Hang Seng Index

3:08am EST

29,452.57

+472.36

+1.63%

.AORD

ASX All Ordinaries Index

12:50am EST

7,042.70

+102.10

+1.47%

.KS11

KOSPI Index

26 Feb 2021

3,012.95

-86.74

-2.80%

.SETI

SET Composite Index

3:59am EST

1,502.70

+5.92

+0.40%

.JKSE

Jakarta Composite

3:14am EST

6,338.51

+96.72

+1.55%

.PSI

PSE Composite Index

28 Feb 2021

6,872.97

+78.11

+1.15%

.SSEC

Shanghai Composite Index

2:59am EST

3,551.40

+42.32

+1.21%

.BSESN

S&P BSE Sensex

3:58am EST

49,763.64

+663.65

+1.35%

.FTFBMKLCI

FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI

28 Feb 2021

1,567.14

-10.61

-0.67%

.HNX30

HNX 30 Index

25 Feb 2021

365.43

+1.64

+0.45%

Have a healthy week, Keep the Faith!