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!
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