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Xinhua summary of Asia Pacific stocks news at 1100 GMT, Feb. 11

Xinhua, February 11, 2015 Adjust font size:

Seoul shares ended higher on Wednesday.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) rose 9. 84 points, or 0.51 percent, to 1,945.70 at the close. Trading volume stood at 300.35 million shares worth 4.16 trillion won (3. 79 billion U.S. dollars).

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SYDNEY -- The Australian share market closed weaker for a third day straight on Wednesday as resources stocks drove the market lower.

At the official market close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index slipped 31.5 points, or 0.54 percent, to 5,769.1 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index lost 25.7 points, or 0.45 percent, to 5,731.7 points.

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TAIPEI -- Taiwan's share prices closed higher Wednesday with the weighted index up 68.52 points, or 0.72 percent, to close at 9, 462.22, according to news reaching here from Taipei.

Turnover totaled 96.55 billion new Taiwan dollars (about 3.07 billion U.S. dollars).

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MANILA -- Philippine shares closed 0.34 percent lower on Wednesday. The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index decreased by 25.96 points to 7697.18. The all-share index went down by 14.77 points, or 0.33 percent, to 4470.77.

Trading volume reached 1.41 billion shares worth 7.56 billion pesos (170.45 million U.S. dollars).

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SHANGHAI -- China's benchmark Shanghai Composite Index on the Shanghai Stock Exchange closed at 3,157.70 points Wednesday, up 0. 51 percent.

Total turnover was 210.9 billion yuan (34.5 billion U.S. dollars).

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SHENZHEN -- The Shenzhen Component Index on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange closed at 11,265.63 points Wednesday, up 1.158 percent.

A Share Index: 13,062.03 points, up 1.158 percent.

B Share Index: 7,184.40 points, up 1.747 percent.

Total turnover: 201.17 billion yuan (32.87 billion U.S. dollars) .

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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks dropped 213.08 points, or 0.87 percent, to close on Wednesday at 24,315.02 points.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 24,551.74 and 24, 266.68. Turnover totaled 64.66 billion HK dollars (8.34 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 581.76 points on Wednesday, up 7.24 points, or 1.26 percent, against the previous trading day's closing session.

About 77.500 million shares worth 1.301 trillion Vietnamese dong (VND) (60.64 million U.S. dollars) changed hands at the southern HCM City Stock Exchange. Prices of 182 stocks went up, 50 stocks fell down, while 49 stocks remained unchanged.

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HANOI -- Stock market index of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, HNX- Index, closed at 84.46 points on Wednesday, up 1.06 points, or 1. 27 percent, against the previous trading session.

A total of 30.493 million shares worth 402.356 billion Vietnamese dong (18.84 million U.S. dollars) were traded at the Hanoi Stock Exchange on Wednesday, a decrease of 17.18 percent in volume and 24.68 percent in value against the previous trading session.

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VIENTIANE -- The Lao stock market finished on Wednesday up 1.27 percent against the previous trading day.

The Lao Securities Exchange composite index increased by 17.58 points to 1,397.32. A total of 13,054 shares worth about 90 million Lao kip (about 11,000 U.S. dollars) changed hands at the stock market.

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JAKARTA -- Indonesian shares closed higher by 15.05 points, or 0.28 percent, to a level of 5,335.52 on Wednesday.

Some 227,570 transactions were booked, involving 5.68 billion shares worth 5.32 trillion rupiah (about 419.06 million U.S. dollars).

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SINGAPORE -- Singapore stocks finished higher on Wednesday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) up 10.33 points, or 0. 30 percent, to close at 3,444.57.

A total of 1.09 billion shares changed hands with turnover of 974.2 million Singapore dollars (732.5 million U.S. dollars).

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

The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,798.95, down 12.17 points or 0.68 percent, and the Emas was at 12,401.50, down 67.88 points or 0.55 percent.

Turnover increased to 2.19 billion shares valued at 2.36 billion ringgit Malaysia (655.56 million U.S. dollars), compared with 2.47 billion shares valued at 2.29 billion ringgit Malaysia ( 639.49 million U.S. dollars) on Tuesday.

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BANGKOK -- The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index Wednesday moved up 10.15 points, or 0.64 percent to close at 1,594.96 points.

Some 11.62 billion shares worth 58.36 billion baht (about 1.79 billion U.S. dollars) changed hands.

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DHAKA -- Bangladesh's DSEX (Dhaka Stock Exchange) Broad Index closed Wednesday at 4,810.54 points, up 23.84 points or about 0.5 percent from Tuesday's level.

Total turnover increased to about 3.46 billion taka (about 44. 37 million U.S. dollars) on Wednesday from about 2.99 billion taka (about 38.39 million U.S. dollars) on Tuesday.

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MUMBAI -- Indian stocks market benchmark BSE Sensex closed higher on Wednesday on reform hopes for budget.

BSE Sensex rose for a second consecutive session as blue-chips such as ICICI Bank Ltd. climbed on hopes that Delhi election defeat may prompt faster reforms by the Modi government through the upcoming federal budget. Endi