Thursday’s World Stock Markets: Asia-Pacific

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China stocks rose Thursday, as better-than-expected February bank lending data lifted market sentiment and relieved some policy tightening worries.

At the close, the benchmark Shanghai Composite index was up 2.36% at 3,436.83.. The blue-chip CSI300 index was up 2.49% at 5,128.22,

Japanese shares closed higher Thursday. The Nikkei index finished up 0.6% at 29,211.64, while the broader TOPIX ceme in +0.27% at 1,924.92

Australian shares surrendered early gains to close flat Thursday. The S&P/ASX 200 index settled at 6,713.90. New Zealand’s S&P/NZX 50 index rose 0.2% to end at 12,272.48.

Asia-Pacific Indexes

Data as of 11 March 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 mins.

Symb

Index

Time

Last

Chg

Chg %

.TRXFLDJPP

Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index

2:44am EST

168.32

+0.52

+0.31%

.TRXFLDHKP

Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index

4:44am EST

356.72

+7.93

+2.27%

.TRXFLDINP

Thomson Reuters Equity India Index

4:52am EST

1,778.27

+0.00

+0.00%

.N225

Nikkei Stock Average 225

1:15am EST

29,211.64

+175.08

+0.60%

.HSI

Hang Seng Index

3:08am EST

29,385.61

+478.09

+1.65%

.AORD

ASX All Ordinaries Index

12:50am EST

6,952.90

+5.70

+0.08%

.KS11

KOSPI Index

4:03am EST

3,013.70

+55.58

+1.88%

.SETI

SET Composite Index

4:48am EST

1,575.13

+2.08

+0.13%

.JKSE

Jakarta Composite

10 Mar 2021

6,264.68

+65.03

+1.05%

.PSI

PSE Composite Index

10 Mar 2021

6,719.18

-89.14

-1.31%

.SSEC

Shanghai Composite Index

2:59am EST

3,436.83

+79.09

+2.36%

.BSESN

S&P BSE Sensex

10 Mar 2021

51,279.51

+254.03

+0.50%

.FTFBMKLCI

FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI

10 Mar 2021

1,629.41

-10.42

-0.64%

.HNX30

HNX 30 Index

10 Mar 2021

396.80

+8.04

+2.07%

Have a healthy day, Keep the Faith!