Thursday’s World Stock Markets: Asia-Pacific

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- China’s blue-chip stock index closed at its lowest mark in more than 3 months Thursday amid investor concern over possible policy tightening and rising tensions between China and some Western countries over Xinjiang.

The Shanghai Composite index finished down 0.1% to 3,363.59. The blue-chip CSI300 index edged down 0.05%.

Japanese shares closed higher Thursday as investors bought beaten-down cyclical stocks.

The Nikkei 225 Index ended 1.14% higher at 28,729.88, ending a 4-day losing streak, while the broader TOPIX spiked 1.4% to close at 1,955.55

 Australian shares ended higher Thursday, the S&P/ASX 200 index closed up 0.2% at 6,790.6, and New Zealand’s benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index closed 0.2% higher at 12,388.06.

Asia-Pacific Indexes

Data as of 25 March 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 mins.

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Index

Time

Last

Chg

Chg %

.TRXFLDJPP

Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index

3:40am EDT

170.96

+2.27

+1.35%

.TRXFLDHKP

Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index

5:40am EDT

338.48

-2.85

-0.83%

.TRXFLDINP

Thomson Reuters Equity India Index

7:29am EDT

1,684.81

-28.50

-1.66%

.N225

Nikkei Stock Average 225

2:15am EDT

28,729.88

+324.36

+1.14%

.HSI

Hang Seng Index

4:09am EDT

27,899.61

-18.53

-0.07%

.AORD

ASX All Ordinaries Index

2:04am EDT

7,022.60

+8.70

+0.12%

.KS11

KOSPI Index

5:01am EDT

3,008.33

+11.98

+0.40%

.SETI

SET Composite Index

5:45am EDT

1,571.04

+0.21

+0.01%

.JKSE

Jakarta Composite

4:14am EDT

6,122.88

-33.26

-0.54%

.PSI

PSE Composite Index

12:50am EDT

6,581.00

+83.99

+1.29%

.SSEC

Shanghai Composite Index

3:59am EDT

3,363.59

-3.47

-0.10%

.BSESN

S&P BSE Sensex

8:26am EDT

48,440.12

-740.19

-1.51%

.FTFBMKLCI

FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI

24 Mar 2021

1,597.73

-4.67

-0.29%

.HNX30

HNX 30 Index

24 Mar 2021

387.11

-3.37

-0.86%

Have a healthy day, Keep the Faith!