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Xinhua summary of Asia-Pacific stocks news at 1100 GMT, April 14

Xinhua, April 14, 2017 Adjust font size:

Chinese stocks fell Friday, following declines on other Asian markets, with investors nervous about growing geopolitical uncertainty on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue.

The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index declined 0.91 percent at 3,246.07 points. The Shenzhen Component Index dropped 1.26 percent at 10,519.86 points.

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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks closed lower Friday as increasing U.S.-linked geopolitical tensions saw Wall Street retreat overnight and investors here largely in a risk adverse mood ahead of the weekend.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average dropped 91.21 points, or 0.49 percent, from Thursday to close the day at 18,335.63. The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, meanwhile, lost 9.24 points, or 0.63 percent, to finish at 1,459.07.

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SEOUL -- Seoul shares ended lower on Friday.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) declined 13.73 points, or 0.64 percent, to settle at 2,134.88. Trading volume stood at 343 million shares worth 3.31 trillion won (2.9 billion U.S. dollars).

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HANOI -- Vietnam's Hanoi stock market further extended the downward trend this week and dipped on Friday following reports that the United States had dropped a massive non-nuclear bomb on Islamic State targets in Afghanistan.

Compared to last Friday's closure, the HNX-Index, the benchmark of the Hanoi Stock Exchange, posted decrease of 0.51 points or 0.57 percent on Friday. This is the third consecutive week that the HNX-Index has been in a downward trend.

VN-Index, the stock market index of Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City bourse in south Vietnam, closed at 718.45 points on Friday, down 5.9 points, or 0.81 percent, against the previous trading day's closing session. Endit