Wednesday’s World Stock Markets: Asia-Pacific

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Chinese shares finished lower Wednesday, with the benchmark stock index seeing its biggest daily decline in 7 months.

The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index sank 2% to 3,564.08, in its biggest daily percentage loss since 24 July. The blue-chip CSI300 index fell 2.6%.

Japanese shares fell Wednesday, closing below 30,000 as investors booked profits.

The Nikkei share average slipped 1.61% to 29,671.70, while the broader TOPIX fell 1.82% to 1,903.07.

Australian shares fell Wednesday as a drop in gold and iron ore prices pressured commodity-related stocks.

The S&P/ASX 200 index fell 0.5% to 6,806.4 by 0035 GMT. New Zealand’s benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index was down 0.2% to 12,364.59 by 0035 GMT.

Asia-Pacific Indexes

Data as of 24 February 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 mins.

Symb

Index

Time

Last

Chg

Chg %

.TRXFLDJPP

Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index

2:40am EST

166.78

-2.88

-1.70%

.TRXFLDHKP

Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index

4:41am EST

364.33

-12.01

-3.19%

.TRXFLDINP

Thomson Reuters Equity India Index

7:20am EST

1,743.95

+26.08

+1.52%

.N225

Nikkei Stock Average 225

1:15am EST

29,671.70

-484.33

-1.61%

.HSI

Hang Seng Index

3:08am EST

29,718.24

-914.40

-2.99%

.AORD

ASX All Ordinaries Index

12:53am EST

7,049.40

-61.40

-0.86%

.KS11

KOSPI Index

4:03am EST

2,994.98

-75.11

-2.45%

.SETI

SET Composite Index

4:46am EST

1,491.11

-9.50

-0.63%

.JKSE

Jakarta Composite

3:14am EST

6,251.05

-21.75

-0.35%

.PSI

PSE Composite Index

23 Feb 2021

6,755.95

-58.72

-0.86%

.SSEC

Shanghai Composite Index

2:59am EST

3,564.08

-72.28

-1.99%

.BSESN

S&P BSE Sensex

7:34am EST

50,781.69

+1,030.28

+2.07%

.FTFBMKLCI

FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI

23 Feb 2021

1,557.55

-7.50

-0.48%

.HNX30

HNX 30 Index

23 Feb 2021

360.96

-2.19

-0.60%

Have a healthy day, Keep the Faith!