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China stocks finished higher Wednesday, with banking and manufacturing shares leading the gainers, as upbeat industrial data suggested a sustained recovery while the manufacturing sector rapidly emerged from its COVID-19 slump.
At the close, the Shanghai Composite index was up 0.11% at 3,573.34, shrugging off concerns that policy makers would shift to a tighter stance to cool gains in share prices.
The blue-chip CSI300 index was up 0.27%, with its banking sector sub-index higher by 1.41%, and the industrial sub-index jumped 2.07%.
Japanese stocks ended higher Wednesday, on hopes of better corporate results after the International Monetary Fund raised its forecast for global growth.
The Nikkei share average ended 0.31% higher at 28,635.21, and the broader Topix gained 0.65% at 1,860.07
Aussie shares closed lower Wednesday, dragged lower by losses in the resources sector, while a record-low underlying inflation in the last Quarter signaled a possible retention of the accommodative policy stance by the country’s central bank.
The S&P/ASX 200 index closed 0.7% lower to 6,780.6, pulling back from a 11-month high marked Monday. Tuesday markets were closed for a public holiday.
New Zealand’s benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index closed 0.4% higher to settle at 13,374.
Asia-Pacific Indexes
Data as of 27 January 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 mins.
| Symb | Index | Time | Last | Chg | Chg % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .TRXFLDJPP | Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index | 2:39am EST | 162.80 | +1.10 | +0.68% |
| .TRXFLDHKP | Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index | 3:59am EST | 365.78 | -1.66 | -0.45% |
| .TRXFLDINP | Thomson Reuters Equity India Index | 4:06am EST | 1,619.59 | -30.97 | -1.88% |
| .N225 | Nikkei Stock Average 225 | 1:15am EST | 28,635.21 | +89.03 | +0.31% |
| .HSI | Hang Seng Index | 3:08am EST | 29,297.53 | -93.73 | -0.32% |
| .AORD | ASX All Ordinaries Index | 1:26am EST | 7,060.20 | -51.20 | -0.72% |
| .KS11 | KOSPI Index | 4:03am EST | 3,122.56 | -17.75 | -0.57% |
| .SETI | SET Composite Index | 4:19am EST | 1,502.40 | -10.43 | -0.69% |
| .JKSE | Jakarta Composite | 3:14am EST | 6,109.17 | -31.00 | -0.50% |
| .PSI | PSE Composite Index | 26 Jan 2021 | 6,863.61 | -113.55 | -1.63% |
| .SSEC | Shanghai Composite Index | 2:59am EST | 3,573.34 | +3.91 | +0.11% |
| .BSESN | S&P BSE Sensex | 4:22am EST | 47,461.13 | -886.46 | -1.83% |
| .FTFBMKLCI | FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI | 26 Jan 2021 | 1,580.62 | +5.31 | +0.34% |
| .HNX30 | HNX 30 Index | 25 Jan 2021 | 348.27 | -13.53 | -3.74% |
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