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Xinhua summary of Asia-Pacific stocks news at 1100 GMT, March 31

Xinhua, March 31, 2015 Adjust font size:

Seoul shares ended higher on Tuesday.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) rose 10. 99 points, or 0.54 percent, to 2,041.03 at the close.

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BEIJING -- Chinese stocks nosedived into negative territory just ahead of the closing bell on Tuesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 1.02 percent, or 38.67 points, to finish at 3,747.9 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index shed 0.25 percent, or 32.65 points, to close at 13,160.66 points.

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TAIPEI -- Taiwan's share prices closed up 0.67 percent on Tuesday with the weighted index up 64.57 points at 9,586.44.

Turnover totaled 105.35 billion new Taiwan dollars (about 3.37 billion U.S. dollars) during the trading session.

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VIENTIANE -- The Lao stock market finished on Tuesday up 0.20 percent against the previous trading day.

The Lao Securities Exchange composite index increased by 3.03 points to 1,553.26. A total of 27,455 shares worth about 158 million Lao kip (about 19,000 U.S. dollars) changed hands at the stock market.

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MANILA -- Philippine shares closed 0.52 percent higher on Tuesday.

The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index increased by 41. 08 points to 7940.49. The all-share index went up by 9.96 points, or 0.22 percent, to 4560.17.

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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed up 45.77 points, or 0.18 percent to 24,909.89 points on Tuesday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 24,876.37 and 25, 113.2. Turnover totaled 148.88 billion HK dollars (about 19.2 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 551.13 points on Tuesday, up 5.94 points, or 1.09 percent, against the previous trading day's closing session.

About 83.615 million shares worth 1.318 trillion Vietnamese dong (VND) (61.44 million U.S. dollars) changed hands at the southern HCM City Stock Exchange. Prices of 159 stocks went up, 62 stocks fell down, while 64 stocks remained unchanged.

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HANOI -- Stock market index of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, HNX- Index, closed at 82.27 points on Tuesday, up 0.69 points, or 0.84 percent, against the previous closing session.

A total of some 38.126 million shares worth over 452.39 billion Vietnamese dong (21.19 million U.S. dollars) were traded at the Hanoi Stock Exchange on Tuesday, a decrease of 8.99 percent in volume and 12.12 percent in value against the previous closing session.

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TOKYO -- Tokyo shares ended sharply lower Tuesday as investors sought to take profits ahead of the release of key economic data later this week.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average plunged 204.41 points, or 1. 05 percent, from Monday at 19,206.99.

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DHAKA -- Bangladesh's DSE (Dhaka Stock Exchange) Broad Index closed Tuesday at 4,530.48 points, up 21.20 points or about 0.47 percent from Monday's finish.

Among a total of 306 issues traded, 123 registered gains and 147 incurred losses while 43 remained unchanged.

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

The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,830.78 up 8.95 points or 0.49 percent, and the Emas was at 12,563.38 up 60.30 points or 0.48 percent.

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JAKARTA -- Indonesian shares closed higher by 80.02 points, or 1.47 percent, to a level of 5,518.67 on Tuesday.

Some 312,419 transactions were booked, involving 7.26 billion shares worth 7.89 trillion rupiah (about 602.80 million U.S. dollars).

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SINGAPORE -- Singapore stocks finished lower on Tuesday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) down 7.25 points, or 0.21 percent, to close at 3,447.01.

A total of 1.36 billion shares changed hands with turnover of 1. 39 billion Singapore dollars (1.01 billion U.S. dollars).

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BANGKOK -- The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index Tuesday moved up 9.43 points, or 0.63 percent, to close at 1,505.94 points.

Some 52.94 billion shares worth 35.90 billion baht (about 1.63 billion U.S. dollars) changed hands.

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MUMBAI -- Indian stocks closed flat on Tuesday after the market reversed its gains due to profit booking in last couple of hours of trade.

The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex closed at 27,957.49, 18.37 or 0.07 percent down from previous close of 27,975.86. Endi