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%

Have a healthy day, Keep the Faith!