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Xinhua summary of Asia-Pacific stocks news at 1130 GMT, April 17

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Chinese stocks closed lower on Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.74 percent at 3,221.67 points.

The smaller Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.66 percent lower at 10,450.86 points. The ChiNext Index, China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, ended 1.02 percent lower to close at 1,868.28 points.

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MUMBAI -- Indian markets closed flat on a negative note Monday. Equity benchmarks remained volatile as investors are cautiously monitoring quarter earnings performance especially after Infosys kicked off earnings with subdued performance.

The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex closed at 29,413.66, 47.79 points, or 0.16 percent, down compared to its previous close at 29,461.45.

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MANILA -- The Philippines came from a two-day break with an air of caution following the strings of geopolitical news overseas.

Stocks in the 30-company index ended mixed. Among those sold down were index heavyweight PLDT, Inc. and Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co.

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BANGKOK -- The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index Monday moved down 13.59 points, or 0.85 percent, to close at 1,575.91 points.

Some 6.43 billion shares worth 27.89 billion baht (about 810 million U.S. dollars) changed hands.

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JAKARTA -- Indonesian shares closed lower by 39.05 points, or 0.70 percent, to a level of 5,577.48 on Monday.

Some 239,216 transaction were booked, involving 9.8 billion copies of share with total value of 5.4 trillion rupiah (about 406.3 million U.S. Dollars).

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

The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,733.93 up 2.94 points or 0.17 percent, and the Emas was at 12,334.60 up 26.47 points or 0.21 percent.

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SINGAPORE -- Singapore stocks finished lower on Monday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) down 30.94 points, or 0.98 percent, to close at 3,138.30.

The STI index lost 16.77 points, or 0.53 percent, to close at 3,169.24 on April 13.

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SEOUL -- Seoul shares ended higher on Monday.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) added 10.88 points, or 0.51 percent, to settle at 2,145.76. Trading volume stood at 255.7 million shares worth 3.6 trillion won (3.2 billion U.S. dollars).

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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks rebounded to close higher Monday as initial geopolitical concerns that saw buying inhibited by a comparatively firm yen against the U.S. dollar were offset by robust Chinese economic growth data.

The total turnover on the first trading day of the week came to 1,633 billion yen (15.07 billion U.S. dollars). Endit