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!