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China’s blue-chip index fell Thursday, moving further away from a 13-yr closing high earlier this week, as the country reported its biggest jump in COVID-19 cases in more than 10 months.
At the close, the blue-chip CSI300 index was down 1.93%. The Shanghai Composite index fell 0.91%.
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock average closed at its highest level in 30 yrs Thursday, kindled by a rally in tech shares and better-than-expected core machinery orders.
The Nikkei index ended 0.85% higher at 28,698.26, and the broader Topix rose for a 6 session running to finish 0.48% higher at 1,873.28.
Australian shares finished higher Thursday, as investors took cues from an upbeat Wall Street session.
The S&P/ASX 200 index extended gainers to a 2nd session, ending 0.43% higher at 6,715.3. In New Zealand, the benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index -0.03% to finish flat.
Asia-Pacific Indexes
Data as of 14 January 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 mins.
| Symb | Index | Time | Last | Chg | Chg % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .TRXFLDJPP | Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index | 2:45am EST | 163.65 | +0.76 | +0.47% |
| .TRXFLDHKP | Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index | 3:50am EST | 347.19 | +6.19 | +1.82% |
| .TRXFLDINP | Thomson Reuters Equity India Index | 3:50am EST | 1,694.04 | +2.35 | +0.14% |
| .N225 | Nikkei Stock Average 225 | 1:15am EST | 28,698.26 | +241.67 | +0.85% |
| .HSI | Hang Seng Index | 3:09am EST | 28,496.86 | +261.26 | +0.93% |
| .AORD | ASX All Ordinaries Index | 1:24am EST | 6,982.70 | +28.80 | +0.41% |
| .KS11 | KOSPI Index | 4:01am EST | 3,149.93 | +1.64 | +0.05% |
| .SETI | SET Composite Index | 4:05am EST | 1,534.81 | -12.50 | -0.81% |
| .JKSE | Jakarta Composite | 3:14am EST | 6,428.31 | -6.89 | -0.11% |
| .PSI | PSE Composite Index | 13 Jan 2021 | 7,273.15 | +30.30 | +0.42% |
| .SSEC | Shanghai Composite Index | 2:59am EST | 3,565.90 | -32.75 | -0.91% |
| .BSESN | S&P BSE Sensex | 4:06am EST | 49,627.17 | +134.85 | +0.27% |
| .FTFBMKLCI | FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI | 13 Jan 2021 | 1,635.71 | -0.98 | -0.06% |
| .HNX30 | HNX 30 Index | 12 Jan 2021 | 357.06 | +1.61 | +0.45% |
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