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%

Have a healthy day, Keep the Faith!