# Thursday’s World Stock Markets: Asia-Pacific

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By Paul Ebeling · 2021-02-18
Tags: Shayne Heffernan on Investments, China, Top Stories, Paul Ebeling, 2021, AsiaPacific
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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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