Thursday’s World Stock Markets: Asia-Pacific
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China’s blue-chip index fell Thursday, moving further away from a 13-yr closing high earlier this week, as the country reported its biggest jump in COVID-19 cases in more than 10 months.
At the close, the blue-chip CSI300 index was down 1.93%. The Shanghai Composite index fell 0.91%.
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock average closed at its highest level in 30 yrs Thursday, kindled by a rally in tech shares and better-than-expected core machinery orders.
The Nikkei index ended 0.85% higher at 28,698.26, and the broader Topix rose for a 6 session running to finish 0.48% higher at 1,873.28.
Australian shares finished higher Thursday, as investors took cues from an upbeat Wall Street session.
The S&P/ASX 200 index extended gainers to a 2nd session, ending 0.43% higher at 6,715.3. In New Zealand, the benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index -0.03% to finish flat.
Asia-Pacific Indexes
Data as of 14 January 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 mins.
Symb
Index
Time
Last
Chg
Chg %
.TRXFLDJPP
Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index
2:45am EST
163.65
+0.76
+0.47%
.TRXFLDHKP
Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index
3:50am EST
347.19
+6.19
+1.82%
.TRXFLDINP
Thomson Reuters Equity India Index
3:50am EST
1,694.04
+2.35
+0.14%
.N225
Nikkei Stock Average 225
1:15am EST
28,698.26
+241.67
+0.85%
.HSI
Hang Seng Index
3:09am EST
28,496.86
+261.26
+0.93%
.AORD
ASX All Ordinaries Index
1:24am EST
6,982.70
+28.80
+0.41%
.KS11
KOSPI Index
4:01am EST
3,149.93
+1.64
+0.05%
.SETI
SET Composite Index
4:05am EST
1,534.81
-12.50
-0.81%
.JKSE
Jakarta Composite
3:14am EST
6,428.31
-6.89
-0.11%
.PSI
PSE Composite Index
13 Jan 2021
7,273.15
+30.30
+0.42%
.SSEC
Shanghai Composite Index
2:59am EST
3,565.90
-32.75
-0.91%
.BSESN
S&P BSE Sensex
4:06am EST
49,627.17
+134.85
+0.27%
.FTFBMKLCI
FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI
13 Jan 2021
1,635.71
-0.98
-0.06%
.HNX30
HNX 30 Index
12 Jan 2021
357.06
+1.61
+0.45%
Have a healthy day, Keep the Faith!
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