Tuesday’s World Stock Markets: Asia-Pacific
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Chinese shares finished higher Tuesday, edging up from the previous day’s decline as consumer and financial firms recovered. At the close, the blue-chip CSI300 index was up 0.87% The Shanghai Composite index was up 0.78% at 3,446.73.
Japanese shares closed higher Tuesday, with the TOPIX index hitting its best mark in 20 yrs, as high-flying technology stocks tracked Wall Street higher on hopes for a strong economic recovery in the United States. TOPIX rose 0.65% to 1,981.50, its highest close since 14 May 1991. The Nikkei gained 0.52% at 29,921.09
Australian shares finished higher Tuesday. The S&P/ASX 200 index ended 0.8% higher at 6,827.10. New Zealand’s benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index gained 0.8% to finish the session at 12,689.05
Asia-Pacific Indexes
Data as of 16 March 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 mins.
Symb
Index
Time
Last
Chg
Chg %
.TRXFLDJPP
Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index
3:39am EDT
173.21
+1.13
+0.66%
.TRXFLDHKP
Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index
5:40am EDT
351.43
+3.48
+1.00%
.TRXFLDINP
Thomson Reuters Equity India Index
6:19am EDT
1,755.72
+2.26
+0.13%
.N225
Nikkei Stock Average 225
2:15am EDT
29,921.09
+154.12
+0.52%
.HSI
Hang Seng Index
4:08am EDT
29,027.69
+193.93
+0.67%
.AORD
ASX All Ordinaries Index
1:42am EDT
7,079.00
+59.90
+0.85%
.KS11
KOSPI Index
5:03am EDT
3,067.17
+21.46
+0.70%
.SETI
SET Composite Index
5:49am EDT
1,564.03
-1.70
-0.11%
.JKSE
Jakarta Composite
4:14am EDT
6,309.70
-14.56
-0.23%
.PSI
PSE Composite Index
12:50am EDT
6,559.08
+6.62
+0.10%
.SSEC
Shanghai Composite Index
3:00am EDT
3,446.73
+26.79
+0.78%
.BSESN
S&P BSE Sensex
6:37am EDT
50,363.96
-31.12
-0.06%
.FTFBMKLCI
FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI
15 Mar 2021
1,623.96
+3.04
+0.19%
.HNX30
HNX 30 Index
15 Mar 2021
392.63
-0.14
-0.04%
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