Wednesday’s World Stock Markets: Asia-Pacific
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China shares are higher Wednesday with IT firms leading gainers, as investors cheered a dozen internet platform companies pledging to avoid anti-competitive behaviors, after e-Commerce giant Alibaba was fined a record $2.75-B last wk for such practices. At the midday break, the Shanghai Composite index was up 0.15% at 3,401.72, while the blue-chip CSI300 index was up 0.31%.
Japanese shares finished lower Wednesday: The Nikkei was off 0.44% to 29,620.99, while the broader TOPIX ended -0.33% to 952.18.
Australian shares climbed to a 13-month highs Wednesday, led by gains in gold stocks and tech firms, while New Zealand’s benchmark bourse hit a 2-month high after iys central bank left interest rates at a record low.
The S&P/ASX 200 settled 0.7% higher at 7,023.1, New Zealand’s S&P/NZX 50 rose 0.8% to 12,751.4
Asia-Pacific Indexes
Data as of 14 April 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 mins.
Symb
Index
Time
Last
Chg
Chg %
.TRXFLDJPP
Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index
2:59am EDT
170.97
-0.48
-0.28%
.TRXFLDHKP
Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index
2:59am EDT
350.12
+4.96
+1.44%
.TRXFLDINP
Thomson Reuters Equity India Index
2:59am EDT
1,715.91
+0.00
+0.00%
.N225
Nikkei Stock Average 225
2:15am EDT
29,620.99
-130.62
-0.44%
.HSI
Hang Seng Index
3:13am EDT
28,841.29
+344.04
+1.21%
.AORD
ASX All Ordinaries Index
2:53am EDT
7,280.60
+49.60
+0.69%
.KS11
KOSPI Index
2:30am EDT
3,182.38
+13.30
+0.42%
.SETI
SET Composite Index
12 Apr 2021
1,541.12
-25.22
-1.61%
.JKSE
Jakarta Composite
3:30am EDT
6,036.83
+109.40
+1.85%
.PSI
PSE Composite Index
12:50am EDT
6,523.21
+65.42
+1.01%
.SSEC
Shanghai Composite Index
3:00am EDT
3,416.72
+20.25
+0.60%
.BSESN
S&P BSE Sensex
13 Apr 2021
48,544.06
+660.68
+1.38%
.FTFBMKLCI
FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI
3:14am EDT
1,596.35
-1.36
-0.09%
.HNX30
HNX 30 Index
12 Apr 2021
441.71
-10.22
-2.26%
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