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Xinhua summary of Asia-Pacific stocks news at 1100 GMT, Feb. 6

Xinhua, February 6, 2015 Adjust font size:

Seoul shares ended higher on Friday.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) rose 2. 68 points, or 0.14 percent, to 1,955.52 at the close. Trading volume stood at 299.87 million shares worth 4.69 trillion won (4.3 billion U.S. dollars).

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SYDNEY -- The Australian share market on Friday closed higher for a record 12th consecutive session, creating a new record for the Australia stock exchange.

At the close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 9.2 points, or 0.16 percent higher at 5,820.8, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 9.2 points, or 0.16 percent, at 5,774.7, according to preliminary figures.

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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks closed 0.82 percent higher Friday on rallying crude oil prices, but gains were limited ahead of U.S. jobs report.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average rose 143.88 points, from Thursday to 17,648.50.

The turnover was 2,393.4 billion yen (about 20.40 billion U.S. dollars).

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BEIJING -- Chinese stocks declined for the third consecutive day Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 1.93 percent to end at 3,075.91 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index lost 2.48 percent to end at 10,791. 1 points.

Total turnover on the two bourses shrank to 502.13 billion yuan (81.97 billion U.S. dollars) from 632 billion yuan the previous trading day.

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MANILA -- Philippine shares closed 0.70 percent higher on Friday.

The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index increased by 53. 94 points to 7,728.18. The all-share index went up by 25.75 points, or 0.58 percent, to 4,496.74.

Trading volume reached 1.90 billion shares worth 10.42 billion pesos (236.12 million U.S. dollars).

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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed down 86.10 points, or 0.35 percent to 24,679.39 points on Friday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 24,645.76 and 24, 843.20. Turnover totaled 75.94 billion HK dollars (about 9.79 billion U.S. dollars).

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TAIPEI -- Taiwan's share prices closed down 0.58 percent on Friday with the weighted index down 55.87 points at 9,456.18, according to news reaching here from Taipei.

Turnover totaled 71.77 billion new Taiwan dollars (about 2.29 billion U.S. dollars) during the trading session.

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HANOI -- Stock market index of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, HNX- Index, closed at 83.87 points on Friday, up 0.7 points, or 0.84 percent, against the previous trading session.

A total of 31.191 million shares worth 425.618 billion Vietnamese dong (19.94 million U.S. dollars) were traded at the Hanoi Stock Exchange on Friday, an increase of 3.16 percent in volume and 8.65 percent in value against the previous trading session.

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KUALA LUMPUR -- The Malaysian stock market ended higher here on Friday.

The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,813.25, up 10. 04 points or 0.55 percent, and the Emas was at 12,461.92 up 66.05 points or 0.53 percent.

Turnover increased to 1.92 billion shares valued at 2.15 billion ringgit Malaysia(605.80 million U.S. dollars), compared with 1.65 billion shares valued at 2.09 billion ringgit Malaysia( 584.53 million U.S. dollars) on Thursday.

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JAKARTA -- Indonesian shares closed higher by 62.62 points, or 1.19 percent, to a level of 5,342.52 on Friday.

Some 221,466 transactions were booked, involving 6.67 billion shares worth 7.58 trillion rupiah (about 600.970 million U.S. dollars).

Gainers led losers 277 to 140 with 93 remaining stagnant.

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COLOMBO -- Sri Lanka's Colombo stock exchange returned to its positive trend closing up by 113.53 points, 1.61 percent, to close at 7,160.84 on Friday.

Trading volume stood at 64.3 million shares worth 2 billion rupees (about 15.3 million U.S. dollars).

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SINGAPORE -- Singapore stocks finished higher on Friday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) up 24.78 points, or 0.73 percent, to close at 3,431.36.

A total of 1.08 billion shares changed hands with turnover of 1. 23 billion Singapore dollars (911 million U.S. dollars).

Gainers led decliners 228 to 170, while 540 others finished unchanged.

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MUMBAI -- Indian stocks market benchmark BSE Sensex closed lower on Friday on muted earnings and worries that the Bharatiya Janata Party may face defeat in Delhi elections.

The 30-share index closed at 28,717.91, 133.06 points or 0.46 percent down from previous close of 28,850.97 points. Endi