Tuesday’s World Stock Markets: Asia-Pacific
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Australian shares rose Tuesday after the central bank expanded its bond buying program to further support an economic recovery and reiterated its pledge of a prolonged period of record low interest rates.
The S&P/ASX 200 index ended 1.5% higher at 6,762.6. New Zealand’s benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index slipped 0.4% to 13,044.5.
Japanese stocks finished higher Tuesday, recovering from last wk’s pull back, as growing optimism around domestic and US corporate earnings boosted sentiment.
The Nikkei index closed up 0.97% at 28,362.17. The broader Topix rose 0.83% at 1,844.91.
China stocks ended higher Tuesday, as the PBoC’s liquidity injection eased worries over tight liquidity conditions
The blue-chip CSI300 index rose 1.5% to close at 5,501.09, while the Shanghai Composite Index added 0.8% at 3,533.68.
Asia-Pacific Indexes
Data as of 2 Feb 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 minutes.
Symb
Index
Time
Last
Chg
Chg %
.TRXFLDJPP
Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index
2:40am EST
161.70
+1.45
+0.90%
.TRXFLDHKP
Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index
4:40am EST
368.33
+6.92
+1.91%
.TRXFLDINP
Thomson Reuters Equity India Index
5:36am EST
1,690.32
+38.53
+2.33%
.N225
Nikkei Stock Average 225
1:15am EST
28,362.17
+271.12
+0.97%
.HSI
Hang Seng Index
3:08am EST
29,248.70
+355.84
+1.23%
.AORD
ASX All Ordinaries Index
1:01am EST
7,027.50
+104.70
+1.51%
.KS11
KOSPI Index
4:01am EST
3,096.81
+40.28
+1.32%
.SETI
SET Composite Index
4:57am EST
1,486.25
+8.20
+0.55%
.JKSE
Jakarta Composite
3:14am EST
6,043.84
-23.70
-0.39%
.PSI
PSE Composite Index
1 Feb 2021
6,867.88
+53.12
+0.78%
.SSEC
Shanghai Composite Index
2:59am EST
3,533.68
+28.40
+0.81%
.BSESN
S&P BSE Sensex
5:51am EST
49,797.72
+1,197.11
+2.46%
.FTFBMKLCI
FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI
1 Feb 2021
1,580.49
+14.09
+0.90%
.HNX30
HNX 30 Index
1 Feb 2021
312.07
+12.48
+4.17%
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