Thursday’s World Stock Markets: Asia-Pacific
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China stocks finished lower Thursday on signs of liquidity tension ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday offset continued capital inflows.
At the close, the Shanghai Composite index was down 0.44% to 3,501.86, while the blue-chip CSI300 index was down 0.21% to 5,473.95.
The smaller Shenzhen index ended down 1.1% and the start-up board ChiNext Composite index was weaker by 0.72%.
Japanese shares snapped a 3-day winning streak Thursday. The Nikkei declined 1.06% to 28,341.95, while the broader Topix dipped 0.32% to 1,865.12.
Australian shares also snapped a 3-day winning streak to finish lower Thursday.
The S&P/ASX 200 index ended 0.9% lower to 6,765.5. New Zealand’s benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index ended 0.8% lower to 12,992.14
Asia-Pacific Indexes
Data as of 4 February 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 mins.
Symb
Index
Time
Last
Chg
Chg %
.TRXFLDJPP
Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index
2:40am EST
163.27
-0.54
-0.33%
.TRXFLDHKP
Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index
4:40am EST
368.91
-2.07
-0.56%
.TRXFLDINP
Thomson Reuters Equity India Index
4:57am EST
1,719.59
+12.80
+0.75%
.N225
Nikkei Stock Average 225
1:15am EST
28,341.95
-304.55
-1.06%
.HSI
Hang Seng Index
3:08am EST
29,113.50
-193.96
-0.66%
.AORD
ASX All Ordinaries Index
12:47am EST
7,037.90
-53.00
-0.75%
.KS11
KOSPI Index
4:01am EST
3,087.55
-42.13
-1.35%
.SETI
SET Composite Index
4:49am EST
1,482.98
+1.23
+0.08%
.JKSE
Jakarta Composite
3:14am EST
6,107.22
+29.47
+0.48%
.PSI
PSE Composite Index
3 Feb 2021
6,903.75
+44.29
+0.65%
.SSEC
Shanghai Composite Index
2:59am EST
3,501.86
-15.45
-0.44%
.BSESN
S&P BSE Sensex
5:12am EST
50,614.29
+358.54
+0.71%
.FTFBMKLCI
FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI
3 Feb 2021
1,584.90
+1.91
+0.12%
.HNX30
HNX 30 Index
3 Feb 2021
330.96
+1.56
+0.47%
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