Wednesday’s World Stock Markets: Asia-Pacific

#AsiaPacific#Australia#Japan #China#world#stocks

China shares finished lower Wednesday, as profit-taking in tech stocks outweighed gains in automakers on expectations of strong sales growth this year.

At the close, the Shanghai Composite index fell 0.46% to 3,517.31 and the blue-chip CSI300 index shed 0.29%. The CSI300 IT index lost 3.4%, while the STAR50 index tracking Shanghai’s tech-focused STAR Board, fell 1.9%.

 Japanese shares ended higher Wednesday, with transport stocks leading gains, as Wall Street’s tech-driven rally overnight and strong domestic earnings forecasts boosted market sentiment.

The Nikkei share average rose 1% at 28,646.50, while the broader Topix jumped 1.3% at 1,871.09.

Australian shares ended higher Wednesday, with financials leading gains, after the Reserve Bank of Australia reaffirmed it will hold rates at record low levels for several years.

The S&P/ASX 200 index ended 0.9% higher at 6,824.6. New Zealand’s benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index was + 0.4% at 13,091.21

Asia-Pacific Indexes

Data as of 3 February 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 mins.

Symb

Index

Time

Last

Chg

Chg %

.TRXFLDJPP

Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index

2:40am EST

163.81

+2.11

+1.30%

.TRXFLDHKP

Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index

4:40am EST

370.98

+2.65

+0.72%

.TRXFLDINP

Thomson Reuters Equity India Index

6:28am EST

1,706.79

+16.47

+0.97%

.N225

Nikkei Stock Average 225

1:15am EST

28,646.50

+284.33

+1.00%

.HSI

Hang Seng Index

3:09am EST

29,307.46

+58.76

+0.20%

.AORD

ASX All Ordinaries Index

12:59am EST

7,090.90

+63.40

+0.90%

.KS11

KOSPI Index

4:01am EST

3,129.68

+32.87

+1.06%

.SETI

SET Composite Index

4:47am EST

1,481.75

-4.50

-0.30%

.JKSE

Jakarta Composite

3:14am EST

6,077.75

+33.90

+0.56%

.PSI

PSE Composite Index

2 Feb 2021

6,859.46

-8.42

-0.12%

.SSEC

Shanghai Composite Index

2:00am EST

3,517.31

-16.38

-0.46%

.BSESN

S&P BSE Sensex

6:45am EST

50,255.75

+458.03

+0.92%

.FTFBMKLCI

FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI

2 Feb 2021

1,582.99

+2.50

+0.16%

.HNX30

HNX 30 Index

2 Feb 2021

329.40

+17.33

+5.55%

Have a healthy day, Keep the Faith!