{"id":120503,"date":"2021-04-09T01:03:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T01:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=120503"},"modified":"2021-04-09T01:03:45","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T01:03:45","slug":"asia-pacific-mixed-as-sp-500-stateside-sails-to-another-record-high-overnight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/markets\/asia-pacific-mixed-as-sp-500-stateside-sails-to-another-record-high-overnight\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia-Pacific mixed as S&P 500 stateside sails to another record high overnight"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SINGAPORE \u2014 Shares in Asia-Pacific were mixed in Friday morning trade, with the S&P 500 on Wall Street cruising to yet another record closing high overnight.<\/p>\n
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 jumped 1.1% in early trade while the Topix index advanced 0.88%. South Korea's Kospi gained 0.35%.<\/p>\n
Stocks in Australia, on the other hand, dipped as the S&P\/ASX 200 declined 0.1%.<\/p>\n
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan traded 0.12% higher.<\/p>\n
Technology shares in Asia-Pacific rose were mixed in Friday morning trade. Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group slid 0.3% while shares of LG Electronics in South Korea jumped almost 2%. That came after the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite jumped 1.03% overnight stateside to close at 13,829.31.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the S&P 500 gained 0.42% to 4,097.17 \u2014 its second straight record close. The Dow Jones Industrial Average also advanced 57.31 points to end its trading day at 33,503.57.<\/p>\n