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Emerging Asian equities rallied Tuesday on the back of upbeat Chinese data and positive vaccine news, recovering from a bout of profit-taking in the previous trading session.
China’s blue-chip stocks rose Tuesday by their most in more than 7 wks, as better-than-expected manufacturing survey data underscored a continued recovery in the world’s 2nd-largest economy.
At the close, the blue-chip CSI300 index was up 2.15%, its biggest daily rise since 12 October. The Shanghai Composite index rose 1.77% at 3,451.94. The CSI300 financial sector sub-index rose 2.83%, the consumer staples sector added 1.52% and the healthcare sub-index jumped 3.17%
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei closed near a 29.5 yr high Tuesday, tracking gains in US stock futures over growing optimism that major drugmakers will roll out coronavirus vaccines before year-end.
The Nikkei 225 index ended up 1.34% at 26,787.54, near its highest mark since April 1991.The broader Topix rose 0.77% at 1,768.38.
Australian shares ended a 3-session running losing streak to finish higher Tuesday as the central bank sounded optimistic about a recovery in the coronavirus-hit economy while keeping interest rates at an all-time low.
The S&P/ASX 200 index was up 1.1% at 6,588.5 pts at the close.
New Zealand’s benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index snapped 2 sessions of gainers to end 0.3% lower.
Asia-Pacific Indexes
Data as of 1 December 2020. All quotes delayed at least 15 mins.
| Symb | Index | Time | Last | Chg | Chg % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .TRXFLDJPP | Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index | 2:45am EST | 154.66 | +1.19 | +0.78% |
| .TRXFLDHKP | Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index | 7:08am EST | 328.21 | +2.08 | +0.64% |
| .TRXFLDINP | Thomson Reuters Equity India Index | 7:24am EST | 1,518.78 | +17.00 | +1.13% |
| .N225 | Nikkei Stock Average 225 | 1:15am EST | 26,787.54 | +353.92 | +1.34% |
| .HSI | Hang Seng Index | 3:08am EST | 26,567.68 | +226.19 | +0.86% |
| .AORD | ASX All Ordinaries Index | 1:21am EST | 6,812.20 | +70.10 | +1.04% |
| .KS11 | KOSPI Index | 4:01am EST | 2,634.25 | +42.91 | +1.66% |
| .SETI | SET Composite Index | 4:47am EST | 1,420.87 | +12.56 | +0.89% |
| .JKSE | Jakarta Composite | 3:14am EST | 5,724.74 | +112.33 | +2.00% |
| .PSI | PSE Composite Index | 30 Nov 2020 | 7,009.56 | +218.10 | +3.21% |
| .SSEC | Shanghai Composite Index | 2:59am EST | 3,451.94 | +60.18 | +1.77% |
| .BSESN | S&P BSE Sensex | 7:22am EST | 44,655.44 | +505.72 | +1.15% |
| .FTFBMKLCI | FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI | 30 Nov 2020 | 1,602.26 | +39.55 | +2.53% |
| .HNX30 | HNX 30 Index | 30 Nov 2020 | 267.95 | +0.96 | +0.36% |
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