Tuesday’s World Stock Markets: Asia-Pacific

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China stocks closed lower Tuesday, after a sharp correction the prior session, as concerns over policy tightening weighed on sectors with lofty valuations, losses were limited by gains in financials shares.

The blue-chip CSI300 index fell 0.3% to 5,579.67. The Shanghai Composite Index slid 0.2% to 3,636.36.

 Japanese shares jumped Monday, capping a 3-day losing streak, as optimism on economic recovery from the VirusCasedemic chaos prompted fresh buying in materials, travel-related and cheap cyclical stocks.

Nikkei share average rose 0.46% at 30,156.03, while the broader TOPIX gained 0.49% at 1,938.35.

Australian shares closed a bit lower Monday as losses in healthcare and tech stocks outweighed gains in miners.

The S&P/ASX 200 index closed 0.19% lower to 6,780.9.

Asia-Pacific Indexes

Data as of 23 February 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 mins.

Symb

Index

Time

Last

Chg

Chg %

.TRXFLDJPP

Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index

2:40am EST

169.66

+0.00

+0.00%

.TRXFLDHKP

Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index

4:41am EST

376.34

+0.56

+0.15%

.TRXFLDINP

Thomson Reuters Equity India Index

7:20am EST

1,717.87

+7.04

+0.41%

.N225

Nikkei Stock Average 225

22 Feb 2021

30,156.03

+138.11

+0.46%

.HSI

Hang Seng Index

3:08am EST

30,632.64

+312.81

+1.03%

.AORD

ASX All Ordinaries Index

12:57am EST

7,110.80

--

--%

.KS11

KOSPI Index

4:01am EST

3,070.09

--

--%

.SETI

SET Composite Index

4:57am EST

1,500.61

+22.47

+1.52%

.JKSE

Jakarta Composite

3:14am EST

6,272.81

+17.50

+0.28%

.PSI

PSE Composite Index

22 Feb 2021

6,814.67

+4.33

+0.06%

.SSEC

Shanghai Composite Index

2:59am EST

3,636.36

-6.09

-0.17%

.BSESN

S&P BSE Sensex

7:34am EST

49,751.41

+7.09

+0.01%

.FTFBMKLCI

FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI

22 Feb 2021

1,565.05

-5.41

-0.34%

.HNX30

HNX 30 Index

22 Feb 2021

363.15

+10.01

+2.83%

Have a healthy day, Keep the Faith!