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!
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