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Xinhua summary of Asia Pacific stocks news at 1100GMT, March 29

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The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index on Wednesday moved down 1.75 points, or 0.11 percent to close at 1,574.97 points.

Some 7.63 billion shares worth 36.90 billion baht (about 1.07 billion U.S. dollars) changed hands. (Thailand-Share Market-Closing)

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DHAKA -- Bangladesh's DSE (Dhaka Stock Exchange) Broad Index closed Wednesday at 5,733 points, down 4.17 points from Tuesday's finish.

Total turnover increased to 11.35 billion taka (138 million U.S. dollars) on Wednesday from 9.96 billion taka (121 million dollars) on Tuesday. ( Bangladesh-Share Market-Closing)

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

The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,750.41, down 4.01 points or 0.23 percent, while the Emas was at 12,414.00, down 8.47 points or 0.07 percent.

Turnover increased to 3.40 billion shares valued at 2.63 billion ringgit Malaysia (595.02 million U.S. dollars), compared with 3.07 billion shares valued at 2.42 billion ringgit Malaysia (547.64 million dollars) on Tuesday. (Malaysia-Share Market-Closing)

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SINGAPORE -- Singaporean stocks finished higher on Wednesday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) up 26.75 points, or 0.85 percent, to close at 3,184.57.

A total of 3.31 billion shares changed hands with turnover of 1.42 billion Singapore dollars (1.01 billion U.S. dollars). Gainers outnumbered losers 324 to 148. (Singapore-Share Market-Closing)

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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed up 46.18 points, or 0.19 percent, to 24,392.05 points on Wednesday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 24,330.70 and 24,470.66. Turnover totaled 77.25 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 9.95 billion U.S. dollars). (Hong Kong-Share Market-Closing)

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HO CHI MINH CITY -- VN-Index, the stock market index of Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City bourse in southern Vietnam, closed at 720.47 points on Wednesday, up 1.21 points or 0.17 percent against the previous trading day's closing session.

About 193.990 million shares worth 3.880 trillion Vietnamese dong (VND) (174.31 million U.S. dollars) changed hands at the southern HCM City Stock Exchange.

VN30-Index, the new benchmark index for the southern bourse, which tracks the 30 leading stocks by both market capitalization and liquidity, closed at 689.91 points, up 1.6 points or 0.23 percent. (Vietnam-Southern Share Market-Closing)

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HANOI-- Stock market index of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, HNX-Index, closed at 90.67 points on Wednesday, up 0.12 points or 0.14 percent against the previous trading session.

A total of 41.896 million shares worth some 520.339 billion Vietnamese dong (23.13 million U.S. dollars) were traded at the Hanoi Stock Exchange on Wednesday, a decrease of 7.42 percent in volume and 5.19 percent in value against the previous trading session. (Vietnam-Capital Share Market-Closing)

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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks closed mixed Wednesday as buying supported by a weak yen and robust U.S. consumer confidence data was counteracted by investors selling issues having locked in gains before the end of the fiscal year.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average edged up 14.61 points, or 0.08 percent, from Tuesday to finish the day at 19,217.48.

Trading volume on the main section on Wednesday came to 1,751.40 million shares, dropping from Tuesday's volume of 1,900.13 million.

Wednesday's turnover totaled 2,159 billion yen (19.42 billion U.S. dollars). (Japan-Share Market-Closing)

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SEOUL -- Seoul shares ended higher on Wednesday.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) added 3.67 points, or 0.17 percent, to settle at 2,166.98. Trading volume stood at 621.4 million shares worth 5.02 trillion won (4.5 billion U.S. dollars).

South Korea's currency finished at 1,114.2 won against the greenback, down 1.2 won from Tuesday's close. (South Korea-Share Market-Closing)

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VIENTIANE -- The Lao stock market closed on Wednesday up 3.84 percent compared to the previous trading day.

The Lao Securities Exchange composite index increased by 40.90 points to reach 1,106.62 points after closing.

A total of 121,300 shares worth about 653 million Lao kip (nearly 79,792 U.S. dollars) changed hands at the stock market. (Laos-Share Market-Closing)

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PHNOM PENH, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's stocks finished higher on Wednesday, with the Cambodia Securities Exchange Index up 1.18 points, or 0.33 percent, to close at 355.69.

A total of 2,146 shares worth 10.64 million riel (2,661 U.S. dollars) were traded. (Cambodia-Share Market-Closing)

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MUMBAI -- The Indian market closed higher Wednesday as investors sat on the fence ahead of March F&O series' expiry.

The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex closed at 29,531.43, 121.91 points or 0.4 percent up compared to its previous close at 29,409.52. (India-Share Market-Closing) Endi