Australia stocks rise over 1%, crossing 9,000 threshold for the first time
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Investors in the region are awaiting India's HSBC Composite flash purchasing managers' index reading for August expected later in the day.
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August 21, 2025
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Melbourne City, AustraliaJackal Pan | Moment | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific mostly rose, with Australian stocks among the top gainers, ranks with key Wall Street peers that saw declines led by stocks.Australia's S&P/ASX 200 benchmark rose nearly 1% to cross the 9,000 threshold for the first time at 12:39 p.m. local time
Gains were seen in the consumer discretionary, financial and real estate sectors, led by Super Retail Group, which was up 13.9%, while Vault Minerals and nology firm Codan rose 13.1% and 12.97% respectively.Investors in the region are awaiting India's HSBC Composite flash purchasing managers' index reading for August, which vides an early snapshot of the performance of the private sector economy, expected later in the day
Economists polled by Reuters expect it to come in at 60.5, compared with 61.1 in the month before.Indian rose in early trade with the benchmark Nifty 50 trading 0.14% higher, while the BSE Sensex index was up 0.15%.Japan's Nikkei 225 was down 0.57%, with losses led by Daiichi Sankyo, SoftBank Group and Denso Corp
Strong gains, however, were seen in Mitsui Mining and Smelting, which rose 10.68% and Advantest, which pared earlier gains to 1.5%.Meanwhile, the broader Topix index ticked down 0.57%.Yields on Japan's 20-year government bonds rose to 2.646%, after hitting a 26-year high earlier in the session.In South Korea, the Kospi index rose 1.12%, while the small-cap Kosdaq increased by 0.74%.Mainland China's CSI 300 increased by 0.84%, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index was flat.s of major Baidu fell as much as 5% after its total revenue of 32.71 billion yuan ($4.56 billion) during the three months June 30 fell 3.7% from the same period a year earlier
Analysts on average had estimated quarterly revenue at 32.76 billion yuan, according to data compiled by LSEG.Stock Chart IconStock chart icons of major Baidu fell as much as 5%U.S. equity futures were little changed in early Asia hours.Overnight stateside, two of the three key benchmarks the session in declines as stocks dragged the market lower.The broad market S&P 500 index slipped 0.24% to close at 6,395.78, while the -heavy Nasdaq Composite lost 0.67% and settled at 21,172.86
Wednesday marked a fourth day of losses for the S&P 500 and a second negative session for the Nasdaq.Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was the outlier, adding 16.04 points, or 0.04%, and settling at 44,938.31.— CNBC's Yun Li, Pia Singh and Alex Harring contributed to this report.
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