Thursday’s World Stock Markets: Asia-Pacific

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 Chinese shares fell Thursday, weighed down by consumer and material firms. At the midday break, the Shanghai Composite index was down 1.58% at 3,520.24, the start-up board ChiNext Composite index falling 4.24% and Shanghai’s tech-focused STAR50 index was down 2.03%

Japan’s Nikkei index dropped Thursday as investors sold SoftBank Group and Fast Retailing.

The Nikkei share average closed - 2.13% to 28,930.11, while the broader TOPIX lost 1.04% to 1,884.74.

Australian shares fell Thursday on profit taking.

The S&P/ASX 200 index fell as much as 1.5% to 6,716.1 by 0030 GMT and was on track to cap a 3-day winning streak. In New Zealand, the benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index fell 0.8% to 12,258.7

Asia-Pacific Indexes

Data as of 4 March 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 mins.

Symb

Index

Time

Last

Chg

Chg %

.TRXFLDJPP

Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index

1:21am EST

165.00

-1.72

-1.03%

.TRXFLDHKP

Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index

1:21am EST

356.89

-10.13

-2.76%

.TRXFLDINP

Thomson Reuters Equity India Index

1:21am EST

1,785.09

-2.95

-0.16%

.N225

Nikkei Stock Average 225

1:15am EST

28,930.11

-628.99

-2.13%

.HSI

Hang Seng Index

1:36am EST

29,164.77

-715.65

-2.40%

.AORD

ASX All Ordinaries Index

12:49am EST

7,000.60

-67.30

-0.95%

.KS11

KOSPI Index

1:32am EST

3,043.49

-39.50

-1.28%

.SETI

SET Composite Index

12:29am EST

1,537.47

-5.93

-0.38%

.JKSE

Jakarta Composite

1:52am EST

6,310.79

-65.97

-1.03%

.PSI

PSE Composite Index

3 Mar 2021

6,882.49

-60.27

-0.87%

.SSEC

Shanghai Composite Index

1:37am EST

3,492.40

-84.51

-2.36%

.BSESN

S&P BSE Sensex

1:38am EST

51,048.64

-396.01

-0.77%

.FTFBMKLCI

FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI

3 Mar 2021

1,581.11

-7.34

-0.46%

.HNX30

HNX 30 Index

2 Mar 2021

375.61

+2.08

+0.56%

Have a healthy week, Keep the Faith!