Thursday’s World Stock Markets: Asia-Pacific
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There will be no Asia-Pacific stocks report on Friday, 1 January, as most markets in the region will be closed for the New Year Holiday.
We will resume coverage on Monday, 4 January.
China stocks rose to multi-year highs on the last trading day of Y 2020, as investors cheered a China-Europe investment deal and Beijing’s policy support for its capital markets.
The blue-chip CSI300 index closed up 1.9%, at 5,211.29, while the Shanghai Composite Index gained 1.7% at 3,473.07.
Australian shares wrapped up Y 2020 flat to little changed from where they had begun,
On Thursday, the S&P/ASX 200 index finished 1.4% lower to 6,587.1, capping off a year of record highs and historic lows just 1.5% below where it had closed in the 1st session of Y 2020.
In New Zealand, the benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index settled 1% lower on the day, but closed the year 15% higher.
Japan’s Nikkei share average ended lower on the last trading day of the year, retreating from a more than three-decade high hit in the previous session as investors booked profits, but it logged gains for a second straight year.
The benchmark Nikkei share average fell 0.45% to 27,444.17 Wednesday, after closing at its highest mark since August 1990 in the prior session.
The broader Topix slipped 0.8% to 1,804.68, pulling back from its highest mark since October 2018 posted Tuesday.
Asia-Pacific Indexes
Data as of 31 December 2020. All quotes delayed at least 15 mins.
Symb
Index
Time
Last
Chg
Chg %
.TRXFLDJPP
Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index
25 Dec 2020
155.55
+0.35
+0.23%
.TRXFLDHKP
Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index
25 Dec 2020
320.74
+0.00
+0.00%
.TRXFLDINP
Thomson Reuters Equity India Index
25 Dec 2020
1,590.06
+0.00
+0.00%
.N225
Nikkei Stock Average 225
25 Dec 2020
26,656.61
-11.74
-0.04%
.HSI
Hang Seng Index
24 Dec 2020
26,386.56
+43.46
+0.16%
.AORD
ASX All Ordinaries Index
24 Dec 2020
6,917.50
+24.90
+0.36%
.KS11
KOSPI Index
24 Dec 2020
2,806.86
+47.04
+1.70%
.SETI
SET Composite Index
25 Dec 2020
1,486.31
+34.79
+2.40%
.JKSE
Jakarta Composite
23 Dec 2020
6,008.71
-14.58
-0.24%
.PSI
PSE Composite Index
23 Dec 2020
7,204.38
+1.99
+0.03%
.SSEC
Shanghai Composite Index
25 Dec 2020
3,396.56
+33.45
+0.99%
.BSESN
S&P BSE Sensex
24 Dec 2020
46,973.54
+529.36
+1.14%
.FTFBMKLCI
FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI
24 Dec 2020
1,641.17
-6.33
-0.38%
.HNX30
HNX 30 Index
24 Dec 2020
309.91
+8.76
+2.91%
Have a healthy Happy New Year, Keep the Faith!
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