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Xinhua summary of Asia Pacific stocks news at 1100 GMT, April 18

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The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index Tuesday moved down 1.49 points, or 0.09 percent to close at 1,574.42 points.

Some 7.34 billion shares worth 31.97 billion baht (about 930 million U.S. dollars) changed hands. (Thailand-Share Market)

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MUMBAI -- Indian markets closed lower Tuesday. Equity benchmarks turned down in last hour of trade dragged by Reliance Industries, Infosys and L&T.

The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex closed at 29,319.10, 94.56 points or 0.32 percent down compared to its previous close at 29,413.66. (India-Share Market)

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DHAKA -- Bangladesh's DSE (Dhaka Stock Exchange) Broad Index closed Tuesday at 5,571.52 points, down 24.60 points from Monday's finish.

Total turnover decreased to 7.06 billion taka (about 86.06 million U.S. dollars) on Tuesday from 7.61 billion taka (about 92.78 million U.S. dollars) on Monday. (Bangladesh-Share Market)

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KUALA LUMPUR -- The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,740.60 up 6.67 points or 0.38 percent, and the Emas was at 12,401.24 up 66.64 points or 0.54 percent.

Turnover increased to 2.79 billion shares valued at 2.45 billion ringgit Malaysia (555.30 million U.S. dollars), compared with 2.89 billion shares valued at 1.78 billion ringgit Malaysia (404.13 million U.S. dollars) on Monday. (Malaysia-Share Market)

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MANILA -- The Philippine stock market barely made it on Tuesday on extended profit taking.

Trading volume reached 1.25 billion shares worth 5.04 billion Philippine pesos (102 million U.S. dollars) with 87 stocks advancing, 104 declining, and 49 unchanged. (Philippines-Share Market)

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SINGAPORE -- Singapore stocks finished lower on Tuesday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) down 0.76 points, or 0.02 percent, to close at 3,137.54.

A total of 2.61 billion shares changed hands with turnover of 1.05 billion Singapore dollars (747.36 million U.S. dollars). Decliners outnumbered gainers 262 to 224. (Singapore-Share Market)

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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed 1.39 percent lower to 23,924.54 points on Tuesday.

Turnover totaled 70.59 billion Hong Kong dollars (9.08 billion U.S. dollars). (Hong Kong-Share Market)

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HANOI -- Stock market index of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, HNX-Index, closed at 89.12 points on Tuesday, up 0.83 points or 0.94 percent against the previous trading session.

A total of over 80.247 million shares worth some 960.066 billion Vietnamese dong (some 42.48 million U.S. dollars) were traded at the Hanoi Stock Exchange on Tuesday, an increase of 20 percent in volume and 16.9 percent in value against the previous trading session. (Hanoi-Share Market)

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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 714.93 points on Tuesday, up 4.1 points, or 0.58 percent, against the previous trading day's closing session.

About 178.132 million shares worth 4.207 trillion Vietnamese dong (VND) (188.46 million U.S. dollars) changed hands at the southern HCM City Stock Exchange. Prices of 150 stocks went up, 101 stocks fell down, while 52 stocks remained unchanged.

VN30-Index, the new benchmark index for the southern bourse, which tracks the 30 leading stocks by both market capitalization and liquidity, closed at 675.71 points, up 6.4 points, or 0.96 percent.

A total of 60.731 million shares worth 1.663 trillion VND (74.52 million U.S. dollars) were traded on Tuesday. (Vietnam-Southern Share Market)

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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks closed higher Tuesday as a weaker yen versus the U.S. dollar gave exporter-linked issues a boost, but gains were capped ahead of high-level bilateral economic talks between Japan and the U.S. to be held later in the day.

The turnover on the second trading day of the week totaled 1,774 billion yen (16.28 billion U.S. dollars). (Japan-Share Market)

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VIENTIANE -- The Lao stock market closed on Tuesday down 4.48 percent compared to the previous trading day.

A total of 7,400 shares worth about 38 million Lao kip (nearly 4,642 U.S. dollars) changed hands at the stock market. (Laos-Share Market)

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SEOUL -- Seoul shares ended higher on Tuesday.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) rose 2.70 points, or 0.13 percent, to settle at 2,148.46. Trading volume stood at 285.83 million shares worth 3.83 trillion won (3.2 billion U.S. dollars). (South Korea-Share Market) Endit