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View all search resultsAsian shares held onto their recent gains on Wednesday after last week's pummelling, as global equities rebounded thanks to a combination of positive COVID-19 vaccine news and easing worries over tapering of Federal Reserve stimulus.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dropped 0.63 percent, heading back towards 2021 lows set last month, with Chinese blue chips down 0.21 percent, Australia falling 0.54 percent and Hong Kong off 0.45 percent.
This week the MSCI Asian regional benchmark has walked back most of the ground lost a week earlier, when a series of Chinese regulatory crackdowns in sectors from property to education squeezed Chinese stocks and overshadowed the region as a whole.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average declined 232.49 points, or 0.79 percent, from Tuesday to 29,200.21. The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange was down 12.76 points, or 0.65 percent, at 1,965.10.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average declined 15.36 points, or 0.05 percent, from Monday to 29,369.16. The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange was down 21.13 points, or 1.06 percent, at 1,972.21.
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