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Chinese shares finished lower Wednesday, with the benchmark stock index seeing its biggest daily decline in 7 months.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index sank 2% to 3,564.08, in its biggest daily percentage loss since 24 July. The blue-chip CSI300 index fell 2.6%.
Japanese shares fell Wednesday, closing below 30,000 as investors booked profits.
The Nikkei share average slipped 1.61% to 29,671.70, while the broader TOPIX fell 1.82% to 1,903.07.
Australian shares fell Wednesday as a drop in gold and iron ore prices pressured commodity-related stocks.
The S&P/ASX 200 index fell 0.5% to 6,806.4 by 0035 GMT. New Zealand’s benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index was down 0.2% to 12,364.59 by 0035 GMT.
Asia-Pacific Indexes
Data as of 24 February 2021. All quotes delayed at least 15 mins.
| Symb | Index | Time | Last | Chg | Chg % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .TRXFLDJPP | Thomson Reuters Equity Japan Index | 2:40am EST | 166.78 | -2.88 | -1.70% |
| .TRXFLDHKP | Thomson Reuters Equity HK Index | 4:41am EST | 364.33 | -12.01 | -3.19% |
| .TRXFLDINP | Thomson Reuters Equity India Index | 7:20am EST | 1,743.95 | +26.08 | +1.52% |
| .N225 | Nikkei Stock Average 225 | 1:15am EST | 29,671.70 | -484.33 | -1.61% |
| .HSI | Hang Seng Index | 3:08am EST | 29,718.24 | -914.40 | -2.99% |
| .AORD | ASX All Ordinaries Index | 12:53am EST | 7,049.40 | -61.40 | -0.86% |
| .KS11 | KOSPI Index | 4:03am EST | 2,994.98 | -75.11 | -2.45% |
| .SETI | SET Composite Index | 4:46am EST | 1,491.11 | -9.50 | -0.63% |
| .JKSE | Jakarta Composite | 3:14am EST | 6,251.05 | -21.75 | -0.35% |
| .PSI | PSE Composite Index | 23 Feb 2021 | 6,755.95 | -58.72 | -0.86% |
| .SSEC | Shanghai Composite Index | 2:59am EST | 3,564.08 | -72.28 | -1.99% |
| .BSESN | S&P BSE Sensex | 7:34am EST | 50,781.69 | +1,030.28 | +2.07% |
| .FTFBMKLCI | FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI | 23 Feb 2021 | 1,557.55 | -7.50 | -0.48% |
| .HNX30 | HNX 30 Index | 23 Feb 2021 | 360.96 | -2.19 | -0.60% |
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