Thursday’s World Stock Markets: Asia-Pacific
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MSCI’s Asia sans-Japan stock index was weaker by 1.09%.
China stocks fell Thursday, with major indexes posting their worst decliner in more than 6 months
The Shanghai Composite index ended down 1.91% to 3,505.18. The blue-chip CSI300 index was down 2.73% to 5,377.14.
The Shenzhen index ended down 2.93% and the start-up board ChiNext Composite index was weaker by 3.632%.
Japanese shares suffered their biggest decliner in 6 months Thursday, tracking Wall Street, weighed by technology companies which have benefited from a recent rally in stocks.
The Nikkei share average fell 1.53% to 28,197.42, while the broader Topix slid 1.14% to 1,838.85.
Australian shares finished lower Thursday to record their worst session in 4 months.
The S&P/ASX 200 index dropped 1.9% to close at 6,649.7. New Zealand’s benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index finished 2.2% lower to 13,086.46
Asia-Pacific Indexes
Data as of 28 Jan 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 minutes.
Symb
Index
Time
Last
Chg
Chg %
.TRXFLDJPP
Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index
2:39am EST
160.98
-1.82
-1.12%
.TRXFLDHKP
Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index
4:40am EST
355.17
-10.61
-2.90%
.TRXFLDINP
Thomson Reuters Equity India Index
5:34am EST
1,607.99
-14.11
-0.87%
.N225
Nikkei Stock Average 225
1:15am EST
28,197.42
-437.79
-1.53%
.HSI
Hang Seng Index
3:08am EST
28,550.77
-746.76
-2.55%
.AORD
ASX All Ordinaries Index
1:30am EST
6,917.60
-142.60
-2.02%
.KS11
KOSPI Index
4:03am EST
3,069.05
-53.51
-1.71%
.SETI
SET Composite Index
4:59am EST
1,468.51
-29.62
-1.98%
.JKSE
Jakarta Composite
3:14am EST
5,979.39
-129.78
-2.12%
.PSI
PSE Composite Index
27 Jan 2021
6,851.84
-11.77
-0.17%
.SSEC
Shanghai Composite Index
2:00am EST
3,505.18
-68.17
-1.91%
.BSESN
S&P BSE Sensex
5:50am EST
46,874.36
-535.57
-1.13%
.FTFBMKLCI
FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI
27 Jan 2021
1,580.62
+5.31
+0.34%
.HNX30
HNX 30 Index
27 Jan 2021
303.61
-27.12
-8.20%
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