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Xinhua summary of Asia-Pacific stocks news at 1100 GMT, Feb. 2

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Tokyo stocks fell 0.66 percent to a one-week low Monday as weaker-than-expected U.S. data clouded the outlook for the global economy.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average was down 116.35 points from Friday at 17,558.04, the lowest close since Jan. 26.

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SEOUL -- Seoul shares ended higher on Monday. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) rose 3.42 points, or 0. 18 percent, to 1,952.68 at the close. Trading volume stood at 361. 38 million shares worth 4.31 trillion won (3.91 billion U.S. dollars).

The South Korean currency finished at 1,103.3 won against the greenback, down 9.8 won from Friday's close.

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SYDNEY -- The Australian share market has hit a five-month high at the close of Monday, boosted by predictions that the Reserve Bank of Australia will cut interest rates on Tuesday.

At the official market close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 37 points, or 0.66 percent, at 5,625.3 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 34.9 points, or 0.63 percent, at 5,586.5.

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MANILA -- Philippine shares closed 0.77 percent lower on Monday. The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index decreased by 59.20 points to 7630.71. The all-share index went down by 24.24 points, or 0.54 percent, to 4441.04.

Trading volume reached 2.75 billion shares worth 10.48 billion pesos (237.73 million U.S. dollars).

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TAIPEI -- Taiwan's share prices closed up 0.26 percent on Monday with the weighted index up 25.08 points at 9,386.99, according to news reaching here from Taipei.

Turnover totaled 71.90 billion new Taiwan dollars (about 2.25 billion U.S. dollars) during the trading session.

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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed down 22.31 points, or 0.09 percent to 24,484.74 points on Monday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 24,324.37 and 24, 506.81. Turnover totaled 85.18 billion HK dollars (about 10.98 billion U.S. dollars).

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SHANGHAI -- China's benchmark Shanghai Composite Index on the Shanghai Stock Exchange closed at 3,128.3 points Monday, down 2.56 percent.

Total turnover: 266.8 billion yuan (43.5 billion U.S. dollars).

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SHENZHEN -- The Shenzhen Component Index on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange closed at 10,963.14 points Monday, down 1.68 percent.

Total turnover: 199.9 billion yuan (32.6 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 570.37 points on Monday, down 5.7 points, or 0.99 percent, against last Friday's closing session.

About 85.071 million shares worth 1.485 trillion Vietnamese dong (VND) (69.24 million U.S. dollars) changed hands at the southern HCM City Stock Exchange. Prices of 50 stocks went up, 161 stocks fell down, while 70 stocks remained unchanged.

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HANOI -- Stock market index of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, HNX- Index, closed at 84.42 points on Monday, down 1.14 points, or 1.33 percent, against the previous closing session.

A total of 40.823 million shares worth 477.905 billion Vietnamese dong (22.65 million U.S. dollars) were traded at the Hanoi Stock Exchange on Monday, a decrease of 24.55 percent in volume and 21.26 percent in value against the previous closing session.

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VIENTIANE -- The Lao stock market finished on Monday down 0.22 percent against the previous trading day.

The Lao Securities Exchange composite index decreased by 3.03 points to 1,399.08. A total of 3,774,652 shares worth about 26 billion Lao kip (about 3,264,000 U.S. dollars) changed hands at the stock market.

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JAKARTA -- Indonesian shares closed lower by 13.17 points, or 0. 25 percent, to a level of 5,276.24 on Monday.

Some 190,687 transactions were booked, involving 5.90 billion shares worth 5.37 trillion rupiah (about 423.07 million U.S. dollars).

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SINGAPORE -- Singapore stocks finished higher on Monday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) up 32.15 points, or 0.95 percent, to close at 3,423.35.

A total of 1.31 billion shares changed hands with turnover of 1. 29 billion Singapore dollars (956 million U.S. dollars).

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BANGKOK -- The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET)index moved up 1. 45 points, or 0.09 percent, to close at 1,581.25 points Monday.

Some 20.48 billion shares worth 42.91 billion baht (about 1.32 billion U.S. dollars) changed hands.

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MUMBAI -- Indian stocks market benchmark BSE Sensex closed lower on Monday, continuing their retreat from record highs hit last week.

The 30-share index closed at 29,122.27, 60.68 points or 0.20 percent down from previous close of 29,182.95 points. Endi