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%