Asia-Pacific stocks were mixed Thursday, Feb. 2, Japanese shares climbing for the second session.
The Hang Seng Index
HK:HSI
of Hong Kong companies dropped 0.5% to 21,958.36, while the Nikkei 225 Index
JP:NIK
of Japanese companies gained 0.2% to 27,402.05.
China’s Shanghai Composite Index
CN:SHCOMP
was flat at 3,285.67, while Singapore’s FTSE Straits Times Index
SG:STI
dropped 0.4% to 3,363.68. South Korea’s KOSPI Composite Index
KR:180721
gained 0.8% to 2,468.88, while Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Benchmark Index
AU:XJO
gained 0.1% to 7,511.60.
Of the the Hang Seng Index constituents, internet search engines company Baidu
HK:9888
saw the largest increase Thursday, as shares added 5.0%.
Shares of optical instruments firm Sunny Optical Technology
HK:2382
and pharmaceuticals company Sino Biopharmaceutical
HK:1177
added 4.3% and 3.5%, respectively.
Shares of property managers company Country Garden Svcs
HK:6098
saw the largest decline in Hong Kong, as shares weakened 6.0% on Thursday.
Shares of renewable energy equipment firm Xinyi Solar Holdings
HK:968
and real estate services/transactions company Country Garden Holdings
HK:2007
weakened 4.2% and 4.0%, respectively.
Among Nikkei 225 Index constituents, industrial electronics company Hitachi
JP:6501
saw the largest increase Thursday, as shares gained 4.5%.
Shares of database/directory publishing firm M3
JP:2413
and semiconductors company Advantest Corp
JP:6857
added 3.8% and 3.7%, respectively.
Also in Japan, chemicals company Sumitomo Chemical
JP:4005
saw the largest drop Thursday, as shares fell 8.5%
Shares of food products firm Ajinomoto
JP:2802
and electric power generation company Tokyo Electric Power
JP:9501
declined 4.5% and 4.0%, respectively.
Editor’s Note: This story was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones and FactSet. See our market data terms of use.
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