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

BEIJING -- Chinese stocks closed mixed on Wednesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.29 percent, at 3,293.96 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.52 percent higher at 10,911.33 points. The ChiNext Index, which tracks China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, gained 1.46 percent to close at 1,784.31 points.

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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed down 618.00 points, or 2.14 percent, to 28,224.8 points on Wednesday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 28,204.53 and 28,929.21. Turnover totaled 162.70 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 20.82 billion U.S. dollars).

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MUMBAI -- Indian markets closed lower Wednesday as equity benchmarks extended losses in late trade dragged by banking & financials after the Reserve Bank kept repo rate unchanged.

The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex closed at 32,597.18, down 205.26 points or 0.63 percent compared to its previous close at 32,802.44.

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JAKARTA -- Indonesian shares closed higher by 35.03 points, or 0.58 percent, to a level of 6,035.60 on Wednesday.

Some 371,824 transactions were booked, involving 12.4 billion copies of shares with a value of 7.2 trillion rupiah (about 531 million U.S. Dollars).

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

The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,718.33, down 6.51 points or 0.38 percent, and the Emas was at 12,346.73, down 48.66 points or 0.39 percent.

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SINGAPORE -- Singaporean stocks closed lower on Wednesday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) dropping 1.19 percent or 40.85 points to close at 3,397.21.

A total of 1.92 billion shares changed hands with a turnover of 1.23 billion Singapore dollars (about 919.2 million U.S. dollars). Losers outnumbered gainers by 285 to 145.

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HANOI -- Stock market index of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, HNX-Index, closed at 113.37 points on Wednesday, up 0.14 points or 0.12 percent against the previous trading session.

Over 70.784 million shares worth some 905.721 billion Vietnamese dong (some 40.4 million U.S. dollars) were traded at the Hanoi Stock Exchange on Wednesday, a decrease of 9 percent in volume and 17.1 percent in value against the previous trading session.

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HO CHI MINH CITY -- VN-Index, the stock market index of Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City bourse in south Vietnam, closed at 947.64 points on Wednesday, down 5.66 points, or 0.59 percent, against the previous trading day's closing session.

About 243.461 million shares worth 6.170 trillion Vietnamese dong (VND) (274.95 million U.S. dollars) changed hands at the southern HCM City Stock Exchange. Prices of 110 stocks went up, 172 stocks fell down, while 44 stocks remained unchanged.

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MANILA -- Philippine shares closed 0.19 percent lower on Wednesday.

The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index decreased by 15.38 points to 8,129.62. The all-share index went down by 4.66 points, or 0.10 percent, to 4,781.40.

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TOKYO -- Tokyo shares tumbled Wednesday on concerns over the Middle East situation after U.S. media reported that U.S. President Donald Trump is to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended down 445.34 points, or 1.97 percent, from Tuesday at 22,177.04, its lowest close since Nov. 15.

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SYDNEY -- The Australian share market ended lower on Wednesday, with resource stocks weighing down the local index amid negative leads from overseas.

At the close of trade, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 stock index was down 25.7 points, or 0.43 percent at 5,946.1. The broader All Ordinaries index was down 26.9 points, or 0.44 percent at 6,030.4. Enditem