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Xinhua summary of Asia-Pacific stocks news at 1100 GMT, Jan. 20

Xinhua, January 20, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index Tuesday moved down 0.28 points, or 0.02 percent to close at 1,535.09 points.

Some 12.45 billion shares worth 42.55 billion baht (about 1.30 billion U.S. dollars) changed hands.

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MUMBAI -- Indian stocks opened higher for the fourth consecutive day on Tuesday, led by gains in shares of energy, realty and information technologies companies.

At 9.35 a.m. local time, the benchmark Sensex was up by 0.39 percent, or 111.60 points, at 28,373.60 points, while the 50-share CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange was up 0.33 percent, or 28.45 points, at 8,579.15 points.

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SEOUL -- Seoul shares ended higher on Tuesday.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) gained 15.69 points, or 0.82 percent, to 1,918.31 at the close. Trading volume stood at 277.64 million shares worth 3.57 trillion won (3. 28 billion U.S. dollars).

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SYDNEY -- The Australian stock market ended a heavy trading day back where it began at the close on Tuesday.

The Macquarie Bank surged for a second day running, and helped balance a continuing weakness in energy stocks.

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TAIPEI -- Taiwan's share prices closed up 0.84 percent Tuesday with the weighted index up 77.63 points at 9,251.69.

Turnover totaled 86.06 billion new Taiwan dollars (2.72 billion U.S. dollars) during the trading session.

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TOKYO -- Tokyo shares ended sharply higher Tuesday with its benchmark Nikkei stocks index jumping over 2 percent on the yen's falling which boosts purchase of export oriented issues.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average gained 352.01 points, or 2. 07 percent, from Monday to end at 17,366.30.

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SHANGHAI -- China's benchmark Shanghai Composite Index on the Shanghai Stock Exchange closed at 3,173.05 points Tuesday, up 1.82 percent.

Total turnover was 416.3 billion yuan (67.99 billion U.S. dollars).

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SHENZHEN -- The Shenzhen Component Index on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange closed at 10,996.48 points Tuesday, up 2.09 percent.

Total turnover was 293.77 billion yuan (47.98 billion U.S. dollars).

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MANILA -- Philippine shares closed 0.43 percent lower on Tuesday.

The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index decreased by 32. 51 points to 7452.81. The all-share index went down by 18.48 points, or 0.42 percent, to 4366.13.

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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks moved up 212.67 points, or 0.90 percent, to close on Tuesday at 23,951.16 points.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 23,747.92 and 23, 997.31. Turnover totaled 88.49 billion HK dollars (about 11.42 billion U.S. dollars).

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HO CHI MINH CITY -- VN-Index, the stock market index of Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City bourse in south Vietnam, closed at 572.22 points on Tuesday, up 0.71 points, or 0.12 percent, against the previous trading day's closing session.

About 79.463 million shares worth 1.474 trillion Vietnamese dong (VND) (68.69 million U.S. dollars) changed hands at the southern HCM City Stock Exchange. Prices of 100 stocks went up, 103 stocks fell down, while 73 stocks remained unchanged.

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VIENTIANE -- The Lao stock market finished on Tuesday up 0.50 percent against the previous trading day.

The Lao Securities Exchange composite index increased by 7.03 points to 1,409.20. A total of 88,833 shares worth about 566 million Lao kip (about 70,000 U.S. dollars) changed hands at the stock market.

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HANOI -- Stock market index of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, HNX- Index, closed at 84.99 points on Tuesday, down 0.27 points, or 0. 32 percent, against the previous trading session.

A total of 40.173 million shares worth 544.578 billion Vietnamese dong (25.81 million U.S. dollars) were traded at the Hanoi Stock Exchange on Tuesday, a decrease of 2.66 percent in volume and 13.63 percent in value against the previous trading session.

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KUALA LUMPUR -- The Malaysian stock market ended lower here on Tuesday.

The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,750.11 down 3. 20 points or 0.18 percent, and the Emas was at 12,062.02 down 10. 72 points or 0.09 percent.

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JAKARTA -- Indonesian shares closed higher by 14.00 points, or 0.27 percent, to a level of 5,166.09 on Tuesday.

Some 232,303 transactions were booked, involving 5.99 billion shares worth 6.27 trillion rupiah (about 495.22 million U.S. dollars).

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DHAKA -- Bangladesh's DSEX (Dhaka Stock Exchange) Broad Index closed Tuesday 4,856.95 points, down 10.14 points or about 0.21 percent from Monday.

Among a total of 310 issues traded, 79 registered gains and 190 incurred losses while 41 remained unchanged.

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SINGAPORE -- Singapore stocks finished higher on Tuesday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) up 26.32 points, or 0.8 percent, to close at 3,334.02.

A total of 1.23 billion shares changed hands with turnover of 950 billion Singapore dollars (714 million U.S. dollars). Endi