Tuesday’s World Stock Markets: Asia-Pacific

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China shares rose more than 1% Tuesday, underpinned by gainers in new energy and healthcare stocks, as investors cheered upbeat corporate earnings.

The blue-chip CSI300 index rose 1.0% at 5,094.73, while the Shanghai Composite Index added 0.6% at 3,456.68. Both indexes were up for a 3rd session running.

 Japan’s TOPIX ended lower Tuesday, dragged down by stocks that went ex-dividend, while the Nikkei inched up as investors bought back the benchmark after its underperformance against TOPIX following the Bank of Japan’s decision to only buy TOPIX-linked ETFs.

The TOPIX lost 0.78% to 1,977.86, while the Nikkei index came + 0.16% to end at 29,432.70.

Australian shares fell Tuesday, investors were cautious about placing big bets as more COVID-19 cases were reported in Queensland after the state capital Brisbane was put under lockdown.

The S&P/ASX 200 index finished 0.9% lower to 6.738.40. New Zealand’s benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index gained 0.6% to finish at 12,446.76.

Asia-Pacific Indexes

Data as of 30 March 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 mins.

Symb

Index

Time

Last

Chg

Chg %

.TRXFLDJPP

Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index

10:14am EDT

172.99

-1.28

-0.73%

.TRXFLDHKP

Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index

5:40am EDT

346.58

+3.94

+1.15%

.TRXFLDINP

Thomson Reuters Equity India Index

8:19am EDT

1,741.03

+33.72

+1.98%

.N225

Nikkei Stock Average 225

2:15am EDT

29,432.70

+48.18

+0.16%

.HSI

Hang Seng Index

4:08am EDT

28,577.50

+239.20

+0.84%

.AORD

ASX All Ordinaries Index

1:59am EDT

6,969.80

-66.60

-0.95%

.KS11

KOSPI Index

5:01am EDT

3,070.00

+33.96

+1.12%

.SETI

SET Composite Index

5:58am EDT

1,589.53

+5.64

+0.36%

.JKSE

Jakarta Composite

4:14am EDT

6,071.44

-95.38

-1.55%

.PSI

PSE Composite Index

12:50am EDT

6,545.55

-62.23

-0.94%

.SSEC

Shanghai Composite Index

3:59am EDT

3,456.68

+21.38

+0.62%

.BSESN

S&P BSE Sensex

8:34am EDT

50,136.58

+1,128.08

+2.30%

.FTFBMKLCI

FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI

5:04am EDT

1,609.19

-2.09

-0.13%

.HNX30

HNX 30 Index

29 Mar 2021

415.47

+8.83

+2.17%

Have a healthy week, Keep the Faith!