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Australian shares rose more than 1% Friday, led by a recovery in banks and miners, tracking overnight Wall Street gainers
The S&P/ASX 200 index was up 1.1% at 6,725.70 by 2350 GMT on track to rise 1.7% in January, its 4th straight monthly gainer.
In New Zealand, the benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index was up 1.5% at 13,279.96 set to gain 0.8% on the month.
Japanese shares slipped on Friday, giving up early gains, as a boost from technology companies reporting upbeat earnings was overshadowed by investors’ profit-taking and rebalancing at the end of month.
The market is on pace to post its 3rd month running of gains. The Nikkei is hanging below a 30-yr high marked earlier this month.
Japan’s Nikkei share average slipped 0.18% to 28,145.63 by midday. The broader Topix was down 0.07% at 1,837.60.
China stocks recorded a weekly loss of more than 3% Friday, although they posted monthly gainers on increasing hopes of an economic recovery.
The blue-chip CSI300 index ended 0.5% lower to 5,351.96, while the Shanghai Composite Index shed 0.6% to 3,483.07.
On the wk, CSI300 dropped 3.9%, while SSEC declined 3.4%.
In January, the CSI300 was up 2.7%, while SSEC was up 0.3%
Asia-Pacific Indexes
Data as of 29 January 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 mins.
| Symb | Index | Time | Last | Chg | Chg % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .TRXFLDJPP | Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index | 1:59am EST | 158.48 | -2.50 | -1.55% |
| .TRXFLDHKP | Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index | 2:03am EST | 354.57 | -0.60 | -0.17% |
| .TRXFLDINP | Thomson Reuters Equity India Index | 2:03am EST | 1,610.16 | +2.17 | +0.13% |
| .N225 | Nikkei Stock Average 225 | 1:15am EST | 27,663.39 | -534.03 | -1.89% |
| .HSI | Hang Seng Index | 2:18am EST | 28,457.53 | -93.24 | -0.33% |
| .AORD | ASX All Ordinaries Index | 1:34am EST | 6,870.90 | -46.70 | -0.68% |
| .KS11 | KOSPI Index | 1:32am EST | 2,976.21 | -92.84 | -3.03% |
| .SETI | SET Composite Index | 12:29am EST | 1,459.27 | -9.24 | -0.63% |
| .JKSE | Jakarta Composite | 2:33am EST | 5,895.95 | -83.44 | -1.40% |
| .PSI | PSE Composite Index | 28 Jan 2021 | 6,612.62 | -239.22 | -3.49% |
| .SSEC | Shanghai Composite Index | 2:00am EST | 3,483.07 | -22.11 | -0.63% |
| .BSESN | S&P BSE Sensex | 2:19am EST | 46,858.95 | -15.41 | -0.03% |
| .FTFBMKLCI | FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI | 28 Jan 2021 | 1,568.05 | -12.57 | -0.80% |
| .HNX30 | HNX 30 Index | 27 Jan 2021 | 303.61 | -27.12 | -8.20% |
Have a healthy weekend, Keep the Faith!
