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Around the region, MSCI’s Asia sans-Japan stock index was firmer by 2.03%,
China stocks finished higher Wednesday, with electric vehicle and healthcare shares leading the gainers, as the PBoC kept liquidity abundant to support economic recovery from the COVID-19.
The Shanghai Composite index ended 0.47% higher at 3,583.09 while the blue-chip CSI300 index added 0.72%.
The new-energy vehicle sector sub-index rose 4.6%, while the healthcare sub-index was up 3.57%.
The Shenzhen index ended up 1.36% and the start-up board ChiNext Composite index was higher by 3.905%.
Japanese shares retreated from early gains Wednesday on profit taking.
Nikkei share average finished down 0.38% to 28,523.26, the broader Topix closed down 0.34% to 1,849.58.
Australian shares ended up Wednesday, taking cues from overnight gains in Wall Street and optimism over domestic corporate earnings lent support.
The S&P/ASX 200 index finished +0.4% and New Zealand’s benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index rose 1.1% to finish the session at 13,026.45.
Asia-Pacific Indexes
Data as of 20 January 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 mins.
| Symb | Index | Time | Last | Chg | Chg % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .TRXFLDJPP | Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index | 2:39am EST | 161.71 | -0.52 | -0.32% |
| .TRXFLDHKP | Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index | 3:10am EST | 371.70 | +9.94 | +2.75% |
| .TRXFLDINP | Thomson Reuters Equity India Index | 3:10am EST | 1,693.29 | +10.99 | +0.65% |
| .N225 | Nikkei Stock Average 225 | 1:15am EST | 28,523.26 | -110.20 | -0.38% |
| .HSI | Hang Seng Index | 3:08am EST | 29,962.47 | +320.19 | +1.08% |
| .AORD | ASX All Ordinaries Index | 12:46am EST | 7,051.00 | +36.00 | +0.51% |
| .KS11 | KOSPI Index | 1:32am EST | 3,114.55 | +21.89 | +0.71% |
| .SETI | SET Composite Index | 3:26am EST | 1,522.06 | -0.53 | -0.03% |
| .JKSE | Jakarta Composite | 3:14am EST | 6,429.76 | +107.90 | +1.71% |
| .PSI | PSE Composite Index | 19 Jan 2021 | 7,143.30 | -55.15 | -0.77% |
| .SSEC | Shanghai Composite Index | 2:59am EST | 3,583.09 | +16.71 | +0.47% |
| .BSESN | S&P BSE Sensex | 3:26am EST | 49,714.25 | +315.96 | +0.64% |
| .FTFBMKLCI | FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI | 19 Jan 2021 | 1,608.93 | +7.05 | +0.44% |
| .HNX30 | HNX 30 Index | 18 Jan 2021 | 354.39 | -23.58 | -6.24% |
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