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Xinhua summary of Asia-Pacific stocks news at 1130 GMT, Dec. 14

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BEIJING -- Chinese stocks closed lower on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.32 percent, at 3,292.44 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.30 percent lower at 11,110.18 points. The ChiNext Index, which tracks China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, lost 0.65 percent to close at 1,794.34 points.

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DHAKA -- Bangladesh's DSE (Dhaka Stock Exchange) Broad Index closed Thursday 6,230 points, up 5.93 points from Wednesday's finish.

Among a total of 331 issues traded, 180 registered gains and 95 incurred losses while 56 remained unchanged.

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JAKARTA -- Indonesia shares closed higher by 59 points, or 0.98 percent, to a level of 6,113.65 on Thursday.

Some 336,604 transactions were booked, involving 27.3 billion copies of shares with a value of 9.6 trillion rupiah (about 707.1 million U.S. dollars).

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MUMBAI -- Indian markets closed higher on Thursday as benchmark indices rallied further in late trade, with the Sensex rising more than 150 points.

The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex closed at 33,246.70, 193.66 points or 0.59 percent up compared to its previous close at 33,053.04.

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

The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,759.00, up 21.34 points or 1.23 percent, and the Emas was at 12,600.45, up 130.61 points or 1.05 percent.

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SINGAPORE -- Singapore stocks closed lower on Thursday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) going down 0.95 percent or 32.99 points to close at 3,435.78.

A total of 1.34 billion shares changed hands with a turnover of 980.3 million Singapore dollars (about 727.12 million U.S. dollars). Losers outnumbered gainers by 196 to 179.

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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks closed lower Thursday as market sentiment was hurt by the yen's rise against the U.S. dollar after the U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates and maintained its forecast for further hikes through 2019.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average dropped 63.62 points, or 0.28 percent, from Wednesday to end the day at 22,694.45.

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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed down 55.72 points, or 0.19 percent, to 29,166.38 points on Thursday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 29,047.61 and 29,367.51. Turnover totaled 106.50 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 13.63 billion U.S. dollars). Enditem

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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 935.85 points on Thursday, up 11.45 points or 1.24 percent against the previous trading day's closing session.

About 172.032 million shares worth 3.944 trillion Vietnamese dong (VND) (175.77 million U.S. dollars) changed hands at the southern HCM City Stock Exchange. Prices of 198 stocks went up, 83 stocks fell down, while 41 stocks remained unchanged.

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SEOUL -- Seoul shares ended lower on Thursday.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) lost 11.07 points, or 0.45 percent, to settle at 2,469.48. Trading volume stood at 313.63 million shares worth 8.1 trillion won (7.5 billion U.S. dollars).

South Korea's currency finished at 1,089.1 won against the greenback, up 1.6 won from the previous close.

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VIENTIANE -- The Lao stock market closed on Thursday up 0.62 percent compared with the previous trading day.

The Lao Securities Exchange composite index increased by 6.15 points to reach 1,014.14 points after closing.

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SYDNEY -- The Australian share market ended lower on Thursday, despite positive signs from the latest U.S. interest rate hike and the local employment sector.

At the close of trade, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 stock index was down 10.5 points, or 0.17 percent at 6,011.3, while the broader All Ordinaries index was lower 6.7 points, or 0.11 percent at 6,096.4.

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BANGKOK -- The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index on Thursday moved up 8.06 points, or 0.47 percent, to close at 1,714.99 points.

Some 8.16 billion shares worth 47.40 billion baht (about 1.46 billion U.S. dollars) changed hands.

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