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Asia-Pacific shares advanced Friday, lifted by rising Chinese blue-chips and a decision by the ECB to maintain stimulus, while investors ignored the impact of Mr. Biden’s capital gains tax hike notion.
Friday MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares sans Japan shook off early small losses to rise 0.43%.
Chinese blue-chip shares rose 0.51%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 0.54% and Seoul’s KOSPI added 0.2%.
China’s blue-chip CSI300 index finished up 0.9% at 5,135.45, and the Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.3% to finish at 3,474.17.
On the week, CSI300 climbed 3.4%, the biggest weekly gainer in 2 months, while SSEC was up 1.4%.
Japanese shares closed lower Friday, as a disappointing forecast from Nidec added to the cautious mood at the start of the corporate earnings season.
The Nikkei share average fell 0.57% to 29,020.63, the broader TOPIX lost 0.39% to 1,914.98. Both indexes declined more than 2% on the wk.
Australian shares finished higher Friday, but recorded their 1st wkly loss in 5.
The S&P/ASX 200 closed 0.08% higher at 7,060.70. The benchmark was 0.04% lower on the wk. New Zealand’s benchmark S&P/NZX 50 rose 0.6% to finish at 12650.64 finishing the wk 0.3% lower.
Asia-Pacific Indexes
Data as of 23 Apr 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 minutes.
| Symb | Index | Time | Last | Chg | Chg % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .TRXFLDJPP | Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index | 2:59am EDT | 167.78 | -0.62 | -0.37% |
| .TRXFLDHKP | Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index | 3:29am EDT | 352.46 | +2.96 | +0.85% |
| .TRXFLDINP | Thomson Reuters Equity India Index | 3:29am EDT | 1,711.06 | +2.14 | +0.13% |
| .N225 | Nikkei Stock Average 225 | 2:15am EDT | 29,020.63 | -167.54 | -0.57% |
| .HSI | Hang Seng Index | 3:46am EDT | 29,025.73 | +270.39 | +0.94% |
| .AORD | ASX All Ordinaries Index | 3:14am EDT | 7,320.70 | +8.70 | +0.12% |
| .KS11 | KOSPI Index | 2:32am EDT | 3,186.10 | +8.58 | +0.27% |
| .SETI | SET Composite Index | 3:45am EDT | 1,553.73 | -14.48 | -0.92% |
| .JKSE | Jakarta Composite | 4:00am EDT | 6,016.86 | +22.68 | +0.38% |
| .PSI | PSE Composite Index | 12:50am EDT | 6,378.07 | -37.46 | -0.58% |
| .SSEC | Shanghai Composite Index | 3:39am EDT | 3,474.17 | +9.05 | +0.26% |
| .BSESN | S&P BSE Sensex | 3:46am EDT | 48,056.83 | -23.84 | -0.05% |
| .FTFBMKLCI | FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI | 3:46am EDT | 1,608.57 | +0.84 | +0.05% |
| .HNX30 | HNX 30 Index | 21 Apr 2021 | 421.35 | -21.52 | -4.86% |
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