Thursday’s World Stock Markets: Asia-Pacific

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China stocks rose Thursday, driven by gains in consumer and healthcare firms, after the Fed pledged to maintain an dovish policy and projected a rapid rise in US GDP this yr.

The blue-chip CSI300 index rose 0.8% at 5,141.77, while the Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.5% at 3,463.07.

Japanese shares rose Thursday, with the TOPIX index marking a 30-yr high

The broader TOPIX advanced 1.23% to close at 2,008.51, crossing the 2,000 mark for the 1st time since May 1991. The Nikkei index rose 1.01% to finish at 30,216.75.

Australian shares fell Thursday, dragged down by tech and healthcare stocks, while an economic contraction in Q-4 of Y 2020 sent New Zealand’s benchmark index to its biggest drop in 2 wks.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 index fell 0.7% to 6,745.70. New Zealand’s benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index settled down about 1% on the day.

Asia-Pacific Indexes

Data as of 18 March 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 mins.

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Index

Time

Last

Chg

Chg %

.TRXFLDJPP

Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index

3:39am EDT

175.62

+2.16

+1.25%

.TRXFLDHKP

Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index

5:40am EDT

357.81

+5.65

+1.60%

.TRXFLDINP

Thomson Reuters Equity India Index

7:09am EDT

1,708.06

-20.56

-1.19%

.N225

Nikkei Stock Average 225

2:15am EDT

30,216.75

+302.42

+1.01%

.HSI

Hang Seng Index

4:08am EDT

29,405.72

+371.60

+1.28%

.AORD

ASX All Ordinaries Index

1:52am EDT

7,003.60

-44.40

-0.63%

.KS11

KOSPI Index

5:03am EDT

3,066.01

+18.51

+0.61%

.SETI

SET Composite Index

5:59am EDT

1,568.82

+2.06

+0.13%

.JKSE

Jakarta Composite

4:14am EDT

6,347.83

+70.60

+1.12%

.PSI

PSE Composite Index

12:50am EDT

6,630.85

+64.02

+0.97%

.SSEC

Shanghai Composite Index

3:59am EDT

3,463.07

+17.52

+0.51%

.BSESN

S&P BSE Sensex

7:25am EDT

49,216.52

-585.10

-1.17%

.FTFBMKLCI

FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI

17 Mar 2021

1,627.99

+3.02

+0.19%

.HNX30

HNX 30 Index

17 Mar 2021

405.27

+5.56

+1.39%

Have a healthy day, Keep the Faith!