Wednesday’s World Stock Markets: Asia-Pacific
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Around the region, MSCI’s Asia sans-Japan stock index was firmer by 2.03%,
China stocks finished higher Wednesday, with electric vehicle and healthcare shares leading the gainers, as the PBoC kept liquidity abundant to support economic recovery from the COVID-19.
The Shanghai Composite index ended 0.47% higher at 3,583.09 while the blue-chip CSI300 index added 0.72%.
The new-energy vehicle sector sub-index rose 4.6%, while the healthcare sub-index was up 3.57%.
The Shenzhen index ended up 1.36% and the start-up board ChiNext Composite index was higher by 3.905%.
Japanese shares retreated from early gains Wednesday on profit taking.
Nikkei share average finished down 0.38% to 28,523.26, the broader Topix closed down 0.34% to 1,849.58.
Australian shares ended up Wednesday, taking cues from overnight gains in Wall Street and optimism over domestic corporate earnings lent support.
The S&P/ASX 200 index finished +0.4% and New Zealand’s benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index rose 1.1% to finish the session at 13,026.45.
Asia-Pacific Indexes
Data as of 20 January 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 mins.
Symb
Index
Time
Last
Chg
Chg %
.TRXFLDJPP
Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index
2:39am EST
161.71
-0.52
-0.32%
.TRXFLDHKP
Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index
3:10am EST
371.70
+9.94
+2.75%
.TRXFLDINP
Thomson Reuters Equity India Index
3:10am EST
1,693.29
+10.99
+0.65%
.N225
Nikkei Stock Average 225
1:15am EST
28,523.26
-110.20
-0.38%
.HSI
Hang Seng Index
3:08am EST
29,962.47
+320.19
+1.08%
.AORD
ASX All Ordinaries Index
12:46am EST
7,051.00
+36.00
+0.51%
.KS11
KOSPI Index
1:32am EST
3,114.55
+21.89
+0.71%
.SETI
SET Composite Index
3:26am EST
1,522.06
-0.53
-0.03%
.JKSE
Jakarta Composite
3:14am EST
6,429.76
+107.90
+1.71%
.PSI
PSE Composite Index
19 Jan 2021
7,143.30
-55.15
-0.77%
.SSEC
Shanghai Composite Index
2:59am EST
3,583.09
+16.71
+0.47%
.BSESN
S&P BSE Sensex
3:26am EST
49,714.25
+315.96
+0.64%
.FTFBMKLCI
FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI
19 Jan 2021
1,608.93
+7.05
+0.44%
.HNX30
HNX 30 Index
18 Jan 2021
354.39
-23.58
-6.24%
Have a healthy day, Keep the Faith!
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