Wednesday’s World Stock Markets: Asia-Pacific

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

Chinese shares fell Wednesday to their lowest close in 3 months as risk appetite soured on concerns of policy tightening and escalating tensions between China and major western economies.

At the close, The blue-chip CSI300 index was down 1.61% to 4,928.69, while the Shanghai Composite index fell 1.3% to 3,367.06.

 Japan’s Nikkei share average fell Wednesday for the 4th session running. The Nikkei 225 Index finished down 2.04% to 28,405.52. The broader TOPIX fell 2.18% to 1,928.58.

Australian shares finished up Wednesday: the S&P/ASX 200 index was up 0.5% at 6,778.8 at the close of trade. New Zealand’s benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index closed 0.3% higher at 12,358.88.

Asia-Pacific Indexes

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

Symb

Index

Time

Last

Chg

Chg %

.TRXFLDJPP

Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index

3:40am EDT

168.69

-3.63

-2.11%

.TRXFLDHKP

Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index

5:40am EDT

341.33

-6.43

-1.85%

.TRXFLDINP

Thomson Reuters Equity India Index

7:29am EDT

1,713.31

-29.09

-1.67%

.N225

Nikkei Stock Average 225

2:15am EDT

28,405.52

-590.40

-2.04%

.HSI

Hang Seng Index

4:08am EDT

27,918.14

-579.24

-2.03%

.AORD

ASX All Ordinaries Index

1:52am EDT

7,013.90

+27.30

+0.39%

.KS11

KOSPI Index

5:01am EDT

2,996.35

-8.39

-0.28%

.SETI

SET Composite Index

5:42am EDT

1,570.83

+6.58

+0.42%

.JKSE

Jakarta Composite

4:14am EDT

6,156.14

-96.57

-1.54%

.PSI

PSE Composite Index

12:50am EDT

6,497.01

+50.66

+0.79%

.SSEC

Shanghai Composite Index

3:59am EDT

3,367.06

-44.45

-1.30%

.BSESN

S&P BSE Sensex

8:19am EDT

49,180.31

-871.13

-1.74%

.FTFBMKLCI

FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI

23 Mar 2021

1,602.40

+7.11

+0.45%

.HNX30

HNX 30 Index

23 Mar 2021

390.48

-6.61

-1.66%

Have a healthy day, Keep the Faith!