Monday’s World Stock Markets: Asia-Pacific
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Some Asia-Pacific bourses are closed for Easter Monday, we will be back with full reports on Tuesday
Japanese shares finished higher Monday, as strong US jobs data lifted optimism about a recovery in the world’s largest economy, prompting investors to buy index heavyweights SoftBank Group and Fast Retailing along with chip-related stocks.
The Nikkei share average ended 0.82% higher at 30,089.25. The broader TOPIX gained 0.6% to close at 1,983.54.
Asia-Pacific Indexes
Data as of 5 Apr 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 minutes.
Symb
Index
Time
Last
Chg
Chg %
.TRXFLDJPP
Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index
3:37am EDT
173.48
+1.00
+0.58%
.TRXFLDHKP
Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index
4:43am EDT
353.60
+0.00
+0.00%
.TRXFLDINP
Thomson Reuters Equity India Index
4:43am EDT
1,728.85
-24.70
-1.41%
.N225
Nikkei Stock Average 225
2:15am EDT
30,089.25
+235.25
+0.79%
.HSI
Hang Seng Index
1 Apr 2021
28,938.74
+560.39
+1.97%
.AORD
ASX All Ordinaries Index
1 Apr 2021
7,064.20
+47.20
+0.67%
.KS11
KOSPI Index
5:03am EDT
3,120.83
+8.03
+0.26%
.SETI
SET Composite Index
4:59am EDT
1,583.02
-13.25
-0.83%
.JKSE
Jakarta Composite
4:14am EDT
5,970.29
-41.17
-0.68%
.PSI
PSE Composite Index
12:50am EDT
6,495.15
+52.06
+0.81%
.SSEC
Shanghai Composite Index
2 Apr 2021
3,484.39
+18.06
+0.52%
.BSESN
S&P BSE Sensex
4:59am EDT
49,257.62
-772.21
-1.54%
.FTFBMKLCI
FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI
4:59am EDT
1,584.24
-1.11
-0.07%
.HNX30
HNX 30 Index
1 Apr 2021
444.22
+7.96
+1.82%
Have a healthy week, Keep the Faith!

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