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Xinhua summary of Asia-Pacific stocks news at 1100 GMT, Jan. 9

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BEIJING -- Chinese stocks closed higher on Tuesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.13 percent, at 3,413.90 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.57 percent higher at 11,447.09 points. The ChiNext Index,China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, lost 0.14 percent to close at 1,803.59 points.

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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed up 111.88 points, or 0.36 percent, to 31,011.41 points on Tuesday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 30,852.43 and 31,056.7. Turnover totaled 133.40 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 17.06 billion U.S. dollars).

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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks finished higher Tuesday with the benchmark Nikkei stock index closing at a fresh 26-year high as market sentiment here was buoyed by the Nasdaq Composite Index rising overnight.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average gained 135.46 points, or 0.57 percent, from Friday to close the day at 23,849.99, marking its highest close since Nov. 15, 1991.

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SINGAPORE -- Singapore stocks closed higher on Tuesday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) closed up 0.36 percent or 12.47 points to close at 3524.65.

A total of 1.83 billion shares changed hands with a turnover of 1.22 billion Singapore dollars (about 915.25 million U.S. dollars). Gainers outnumbered losers by 237 to 210.

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MUMBAI -- Indian markets closed higher Tuesday.

Benchmark indices ended at fresh record closing high amid consolidation as investors await December quarter earnings season that will be kicked off by TCS, Infosys and IndusInd Bank later this week. The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex closed at 34,443.19, 90.46 points or 0.26 percent up compared to its previous close at 34,352.79.

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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia's stocks finished lower on Tuesday, with the Cambodia Securities Exchange Index down 2.53 points, or 0.74 percent, to close at 339.41.

A total of 1,200 shares worth 5.2 million riel (1,289 U.S. dollars) were traded.

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SEOUL -- Seoul shares ended lower Tuesday.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index lost 3.05 points, or 0.12 percent, to settle at 2,510.23. Trading volume stood at 369.7 million shares worth 7.23 trillion won (6.78 billion U.S. dollars).

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MANILA -- Philippine shares closed 2.04 percent higher on Tuesday.

The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index increased by 178.60 points to 8,923.72. The all-share index went up by 72.86 points, or 1.44 percent, to 5,138.63.

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DHAKA -- Bangladesh's DSE (Dhaka Stock Exchange) Broad Index closed Tuesday at 6,198 points, down 11.97 points from Monday's finish.

Among a total of 335 issues traded, 113 registered gains and 154 incurred losses while 68 remained unchanged.

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VIENTIANE -- The Lao stock market closed on Tuesday down 0.56 percent compared to the previous trading day.

The Lao Securities Exchange composite index decreased by 5.55 points to reach 980.72 points after closing.

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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 1,033.56 points on Tuesday, up 10.66 points or 1.04 percent against the previous trading day's closing session.

About 320.377 million shares worth 8.055 trillion Vietnamese dong (VND) (359.36 million U.S. dollars) changed hands at the southern HCM City Stock Exchange. Prices of 164 stocks went up, 154 stocks fell down, while 52 stocks remained unchanged.

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HANOI -- Stock market index of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, HNX-Index, closed at 122.14 points on Tuesday, up 1.07 points or 0.88 percent against the previous trading session.

Over 90.859 million shares worth some 1.129 trillion Vietnamese dong (some 50.3 million U.S. dollars) were traded at the Hanoi Stock Exchange on Tuesday, an increase of 37.8 percent in volume and 19.5 percent in value against the previous trading session.

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

The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,826.95, down 5.20 points or 0.28 percent, and the Emas was at 13,270.33, down 45.18 points or 0.34 percent.

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BANGKOK -- The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index Tuesday moved up 2.40 points, or 0.13 percent to close at 1,795.81 points.

Some 13.87 billion shares worth 75.38 billion baht (about 2.34 billion U.S. dollars) changed hands. Enditem

 

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