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

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Chinese stocks closed higher on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.33 percent at 3,281 points.

The smaller Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.27 percent higher at 10,656.17 points. The ChiNext Index, China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, increased 0.06 percent to close at 1,944.23 points.

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JAKARTA -- Indonesian shares closed higher by 3.25 points, or 0.45 percent, to a level of 5,680.23 on Thursday.

Some 344,134 transaction were booked, involving 8.6 billion copies of share with total value of 6.5 trillion rupiah (about 487,5 million U.S. dollars).

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MUMBAI -- Indian markets closed flat on a negative note Thursday after the Monetary Policy Commitee (MCP) decided to keep the policy rates and cash reserve ratio (CRR) unchanged.

The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex closed at 29,927.34, 46.90 points or 0.16 percent down compared to its previous close at 29,974.24.

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SINGAPORE -- Singapore stocks finished lower on Thursday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) down 0.96 points, or 0.03 percent, to close at 3,175.59.

A total of 3.13 billion shares changed hands with turnover of 1.03 billion Singapore dollars (735 million U.S. dollars). Decliners outnumbered gainers 325 to 160.

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

The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,739.56, down 5.11 points or 0.29 percent, and the Emas was at 12,403.74, down 43.22 points or 0.35 percent.

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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed down 127.08 points, or 0.52 percent to 24,273.72 points on Thursday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 24,210.69 and 24,381.63. Turnover totaled 80.924 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 10.415 billion U.S. dollars).

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SEOUL -- Seoul shares ended lower on Thursday.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) lost 8.10 points, or 0.37 percent, to settle at 2,152.75. Trading volume stood at 492.44 million shares worth 4.05 trillion won (3.58 billion U.S. dollars).

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SYDNEY -- The Australian share market has closed down on Thursday, after losses in the banking and mining sectors were enough to drag the market down, despite some big gains elsewhere.

At the market close, and despite a late creep up for the index, the S&P/ASX200 was down 19.9 points, or 0.34 percent, to finish on 5,856.3 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index was down 18.6 points, or 0.31 percent, to 5,897.3 points.

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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks lost ground Thursday morning with the benchmark Nikkei index slumping to a four-month intraday low as a weak lead from Wall Street overnight, coupled with a comparatively firm yen against the U.S. dollar, dented market sentiment.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average dropped 263.76 points, or 1.40 percent, from Wednesday to 18,597.51, marking its lowest intraday level since Dec. 8. Endit