Wednesday’s World Stock Markets: Asia-Pacific
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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%
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