# Thursday’s World Stock Markets: Asia-Pacific

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By Paul Ebeling · 2021-01-14
Tags: Shayne Heffernan on Investments, Australia, stocks, China, markets, world, Japan, Top Stories, Asia, Paul Ebeling, Covid19, 2021, AsiaPacific
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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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