World Markets Mixed
China shares end lower as materials weigh; property sector down
India's benchmark Sensex crossed the 60,000 level for the first time on Friday, driven by tech and private bank stocks
Japan shares jump as financials, shippers shine
EU stocks slipped at the open Friday with mining and retail stocks exposed to the Asian action.
Asia-Pacific Indexes
Data as of 24 Sep 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 minutes.
Symb
Index
Time
Last
Chg
Chg %
.TRXFLDJPP
Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index
3:36am EDT
182.96
+4.03
+2.25%
.TRXFLDHKP
Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index
3:41am EDT
287.51
-4.80
-1.64%
.TRXFLDINP
Thomson Reuters Equity India Index
3:41am EDT
2,151.15
+3.14
+0.15%
.N225
Nikkei Stock Average 225
2:15am EDT
30,248.81
+609.41
+2.06%
.HSI
Hang Seng Index
3:57am EDT
24,167.13
-343.85
-1.40%
.AORD
ASX All Ordinaries Index
2:17am EDT
7,649.30
-32.00
-0.42%
.KS11
KOSPI Index
2:30am EDT
3,125.24
-2.34
-0.07%
.SETI
SET Composite Index
23 Sep 2021
1,631.15
+11.56
+0.71%
.JKSE
Jakarta Composite
3:42am EDT
6,128.48
-14.23
-0.23%
.PSI
PSE Composite Index
12:50am EDT
6,951.53
+36.25
+0.52%
.SSEC
Shanghai Composite Index
3:46am EDT
3,613.07
-29.15
-0.80%
.BSESN
S&P BSE Sensex
3:57am EDT
60,045.59
+160.23
+0.27%
.FTFBMKLCI
FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI
3:57am EDT
1,529.52
-9.82
-0.64%
.HNX30
HNX 30 Index
22 Sep 2021
580.73
-8.47
-1.44%
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