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Xinhua summary of Asia-Pacific stocks news at 1100 GMT, April 1

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Chinese stocks opened higher on Wednesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.01 percent to open at 3, 748.34.

The Shenzhen Component Index opened at 13,187.42, up 0.21 percent.

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SYDNEY -- The Australian share market closed weaker on Wednesday with resource stocks dragging down the market.

At the official market close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 30.7 points, or 0.52 percent, to 5,860.8, while the broader All Ordinaries index declined 29 points, or 0.49 percent, to 5,832. 9.

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SEOUL -- Seoul shares ended lower on Wednesday.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) declined 12.58 points, or 0.62 percent, to 2,028.45 at the close. Trading volume stood at 538.58 million shares worth 5.32 trillion won (4.83 billion U.S. dollars).

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TOKYO -- Tokyo shares ended lower in the first day of fiscal 2015 on Wednesday as market sentiment here was hit by the weaker- than-expected business confidence among big manufacturers in a Bank of Japan survey.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended down 172.15 points, or 0.90 percent, from Tuesday at 19,034.84.

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VIENTIANE -- The Lao stock market finished on Wednesday down 0. 57 percent against the previous trading day.

The Lao Securities Exchange composite index decreased by 8.78 points to 1,544.48. A total of 19,545 shares worth about 136 million Lao kip (about 17,000 U.S. dollars) changed hands at the stock market.

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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed up 181.86 points, or 0.73 percent to 25,082.75 points on Wednesday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 24,926.11 and 25, 099.06. Turnover totaled 110.33 billion HK dollars (about 14.23 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 538.91 points on Wednesday, down 12.22 points, or 2.22 percent, against the previous trading day's closing session.

About 129.132 million shares worth 1.982 trillion Vietnamese dong (VND) (92.37 million U.S. dollars) changed hands at the southern HCM City Stock Exchange. Prices of 38 stocks went up, 198 stocks fell down, while 47 stocks remained unchanged.

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MANILA -- Philippine shares closed 0.66 percent higher on Wednesday.

The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index increased by 52. 60 points to 7993.09. The all-share index went up by 16.04 points, or 0.35 percent, to 4576.21.

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DHAKA -- Bangladesh's DSE (Dhaka Stock Exchange) Broad Index closed Wednesday at 4,513.11 points, down 17.38 points or about 0. 38 percent from Tuesday's finish.

Among a total of 304 issues traded, 108 registered gains and 151 incurred losses while 45 remained unchanged.

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SINGAPORE -- Singapore stocks finished higher on Wednesday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) up 0.01 point, or 0. 00 percent, to close at 3,447.02.

A total of 1.23 billion shares changed hands with turnover of 954.5 million Singapore dollars (697.0 million U.S. dollars).

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HANOI -- Stock market index of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, HNX- Index, closed at 80.47 points on Wednesday, down 1.8 points, or 2. 19 percent, against the previous trading session.

A total of 42.681 million shares worth 483.479 billion Vietnamese dong (22.64 million U.S. dollars) were traded at the Hanoi Stock Exchange on Wednesday, an increase of 11.95 percent in volume and 6.87 percent in value against the previous trading session.

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JAKARTA -- Indonesian shares closed lower by 51.81 points, or 0. 94 percent, to a level of 5,466.87 on Wednesday.

Some 234,913 transactions were booked, involving 6.26 billion shares worth 6.47 trillion rupiah (about 496.05 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 1,826.31 down 4. 47 points or 0.24 percent, and the Emas was at 12,517.67 down 45. 71 points or 0.37 percent.

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BANGKOK -- The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index Wednesday moved up 19.64 points, or 1.30 percent to close at 1,525.58 points.

Some 33.80 billion shares worth 38.00 billion baht (about 1.04 billion U.S. dollars) changed hands.

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MUMBAI -- Indian stocks staged spectacular performance on first day of the financial year 2015-16. Banks led the market higher ahead of RBI policy next week.

The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex closed at 28,260.14, 284.65 points or 1.02 percent up from previous close of 27,975.49. Endi