Tuesday’s World Stock Markets: Asia-Pacific

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China’s blue-chip index finished Tuesday at the highest mark in 13 yrs, as investors were reassured by a quicker economic recovery following a containment of a resurgence of locally transmitted COVID-19 infections.

The blue-chip CSI300 index ended up 2.19% at 5686.25, the highest closing level since 15 January 2008.

The Shanghai Composite index was up 2.01% at 3,603.49, the biggest daily gainer in a month. The smaller Shenzhen index ended up 2.44% and the start-up board ChiNext Composite index was higher by 1.714%.

Japanese shares closed higher for a 3rd session running, after hitting fresh 30-yr highs, as strong corporate results and progress in vaccine rollouts raised expectations of a quick economic recovery.

The Nikkei share average ended 0.4% higher at 29,505.93, while the broader Topix index inched up 0.08% at 1,925.54.

Asia-Pacific Indexes

Data as of 9 February 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 mins.

Symb

Index

Time

Last

Chg

Chg %

.TRXFLDJPP

Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index

2:40am EST

168.47

+0.15

+0.09%

.TRXFLDHKP

Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index

4:40am EST

372.23

+2.21

+0.60%

.TRXFLDINP

Thomson Reuters Equity India Index

7:20am EST

1,740.64

+0.14

+0.01%

.N225

Nikkei Stock Average 225

1:15am EST

29,505.93

+117.43

+0.40%

.HSI

Hang Seng Index

3:08am EST

29,476.19

+156.72

+0.53%

.AORD

ASX All Ordinaries Index

12:58am EST

7,102.10

-58.70

-0.82%

.KS11

KOSPI Index

4:01am EST

3,084.67

-6.57

-0.21%

.SETI

SET Composite Index

4:56am EST

1,518.27

+1.84

+0.12%

.JKSE

Jakarta Composite

3:14am EST

6,181.67

-27.19

-0.44%

.PSI

PSE Composite Index

8 Feb 2021

7,065.55

+41.07

+0.58%

.SSEC

Shanghai Composite Index

2:59am EST

3,603.49

+71.04

+2.01%

.BSESN

S&P BSE Sensex

7:26am EST

51,329.08

-19.69

-0.04%

.FTFBMKLCI

FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI

8 Feb 2021

1,586.13

+12.80

+0.81%

.HNX30

HNX 30 Index

8 Feb 2021

336.90

+7.57

+2.30%

Have a healthy week, Keep the Faith!