Wednesday’s World Stock Markets: Asia-Pacific

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China stocks finished higher Wednesday, with banking and manufacturing shares leading the gainers, as upbeat industrial data suggested a sustained recovery while the manufacturing sector rapidly emerged from its COVID-19 slump.

At the close, the Shanghai Composite index was up 0.11% at 3,573.34, shrugging off concerns that policy makers would shift to a tighter stance to cool gains in share prices.

The blue-chip CSI300 index was up 0.27%, with its banking sector sub-index higher by 1.41%, and the industrial sub-index jumped 2.07%. 

Japanese stocks ended higher Wednesday, on hopes of better corporate results after the International Monetary Fund raised its forecast for global growth.

The Nikkei share average ended 0.31% higher at 28,635.21, and the broader Topix gained 0.65% at 1,860.07

Aussie shares closed lower Wednesday, dragged lower by losses in the resources sector, while a record-low underlying inflation in the last Quarter signaled a possible retention of the accommodative policy stance by the country’s central bank.

The S&P/ASX 200 index closed 0.7% lower to 6,780.6, pulling back from a 11-month high marked Monday. Tuesday markets were closed for a public holiday.

New Zealand’s benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index closed 0.4% higher to settle at 13,374.

Asia-Pacific Indexes

Data as of 27 January 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 mins.

Symb

Index

Time

Last

Chg

Chg %

.TRXFLDJPP

Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index

2:39am EST

162.80

+1.10

+0.68%

.TRXFLDHKP

Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index

3:59am EST

365.78

-1.66

-0.45%

.TRXFLDINP

Thomson Reuters Equity India Index

4:06am EST

1,619.59

-30.97

-1.88%

.N225

Nikkei Stock Average 225

1:15am EST

28,635.21

+89.03

+0.31%

.HSI

Hang Seng Index

3:08am EST

29,297.53

-93.73

-0.32%

.AORD

ASX All Ordinaries Index

1:26am EST

7,060.20

-51.20

-0.72%

.KS11

KOSPI Index

4:03am EST

3,122.56

-17.75

-0.57%

.SETI

SET Composite Index

4:19am EST

1,502.40

-10.43

-0.69%

.JKSE

Jakarta Composite

3:14am EST

6,109.17

-31.00

-0.50%

.PSI

PSE Composite Index

26 Jan 2021

6,863.61

-113.55

-1.63%

.SSEC

Shanghai Composite Index

2:59am EST

3,573.34

+3.91

+0.11%

.BSESN

S&P BSE Sensex

4:22am EST

47,461.13

-886.46

-1.83%

.FTFBMKLCI

FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI

26 Jan 2021

1,580.62

+5.31

+0.34%

.HNX30

HNX 30 Index

25 Jan 2021

348.27

-13.53

-3.74%

Have a healthy week, Keep the Faith!