Thursday’s World Stock Markets: Asia-Pacific
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China’s blue-chip index finished lower after marking an all-time high Thursday, the 1st trading session after a week-long Lunar New Year holiday
The blue-chip CSI300 index climbed 2.1% to an all-time high of 5,930.9, before closing down 0.7% to 5,768.38, while the Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.6% at 3,675.36.
The tech-heavy start-up board ChiNext fell 2.7%, while Shanghai’s STAR50 index shed 0.5%.
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei share average declined a bit Thursday as investors tuned cautions about the sustainability of a recent rally above the 30,000 mark.
The Nikkei 225 index settled down 0.19% to 30,236.09, reversing earlier gain, while the broader TOPIX fell 1% to 1,941.91
Australian shares ended flat to unchanged
The S&P/ASX 200 index at 6,885.9, New Zealand’s benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index closed 0.32% lower to finish at 12,633.6.
Asia-Pacific Indexes
Data as of 18 February 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 mins.
Symb
Index
Time
Last
Chg
Chg %
.TRXFLDJPP
Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index
2:40am EST
169.96
-1.69
-0.98%
.TRXFLDHKP
Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index
4:41am EST
384.01
-8.25
-2.10%
.TRXFLDINP
Thomson Reuters Equity India Index
7:20am EST
1,759.16
-3.93
-0.22%
.N225
Nikkei Stock Average 225
1:15am EST
30,236.09
-56.10
-0.19%
.HSI
Hang Seng Index
3:08am EST
30,595.27
-489.67
-1.58%
.AORD
ASX All Ordinaries Index
12:58am EST
7,155.50
-3.30
-0.05%
.KS11
KOSPI Index
4:03am EST
3,086.66
-47.07
-1.50%
.SETI
SET Composite Index
4:45am EST
1,511.03
-3.88
-0.26%
.JKSE
Jakarta Composite
3:14am EST
6,200.31
-27.42
-0.44%
.PSI
PSE Composite Index
17 Feb 2021
6,849.64
-116.79
-1.68%
.SSEC
Shanghai Composite Index
2:59am EST
3,675.36
+20.27
+0.55%
.BSESN
S&P BSE Sensex
7:29am EST
51,324.69
-379.14
-0.73%
.FTFBMKLCI
FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI
17 Feb 2021
1,575.84
-19.45
-1.22%
.HNX30
HNX 30 Index
17 Feb 2021
353.02
+2.30
+0.66%
Have a healthy day, Keep the Faith!
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