Xinhua summary of Asia-Pacific stocks news at 1100 GMT, Jan. 16

BEIJING -- Chinese stocks closed higher Tuesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.77 percent to 3,436.59 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.7 percent higher at 11,386.91 points.

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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia's stocks finished higher on Tuesday, with the Cambodia Securities Exchange Index up 1.11 points, or 0.33 percent, to close at 341.03.

A total of 1,466 shares worth 6.08 million riel (1,514 U.S. dollars) were traded.

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VIENTIANE -- The Lao stock market closed on Tuesday down 0.85 percent compared to the previous trading day.

The Lao Securities Exchange composite index decreased by 8.28 points to reach 969.67 points after closing.

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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks closed higher Tuesday, with the benchmark Nikkei stock index finishing at its highest level in more than 26 years as the yen's softer tone against the U.S. dollar lifted exporters issues and raised hopes for earnings results at the end of the month.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average added 236.93 points, or 1.00 percent, from Monday to close the day at 23,951.81, marking its highest closing level since Nov. 15, 1991.

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SEOUL -- Seoul shares ended higher on Tuesday.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) gained 18.01 points or 0.72 percent to settle at 2,521.74. Trading volume stood at 337 million shares worth 4.7 trillion won (4.2 billion U.S. dollars).

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MANILA -- Philippine shares closed 0.08 percent higher on Tuesday.

The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index increased by 7.41 points to 8,865.13. The all-share index went up by 0.66 points, or 0.01 percent, to 5,127.25.

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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 1,062.96 points on Tuesday, down 0.51 points, or 0.05 percent, against the previous trading day's closing session.

About 340.273 million shares worth 8.281 trillion Vietnamese dong (VND) (369.95 million U.S. dollars) changed hands at the southern HCM City Stock Exchange. Prices of 128 stocks went up, 145 stocks fell down, while 68 stocks remained unchanged.

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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed up 565.88 points, or 1.81 percent, to 31,904.75 points on Tuesday, hitting a record closing high.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 31,423.62 and 31,904.75. Turnover totaled 164.60 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 21.04 billion U.S. dollars).

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HANOI -- Stock market index of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, HNX-Index, closed at 121.59 points on Tuesday, down 0.44 points or 0.36 percent against the previous trading session.

Over 64.422 million shares worth some 892.122 billion Vietnamese dong (some 39.9 million U.S. dollars) were traded at the Hanoi Stock Exchange on Tuesday, a decrease of 0.9 percent in volume and 5 percent in value against the previous trading session.

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SINGAPORE -- Singapore stocks closed higher on Tuesday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) up 0.39 percent or 13.8 points to close at 3,550.21.

A total of 2.12 billion shares changed hands with a turnover of 1.12 billion Singapore dollars (about 844.14 million U.S. dollars). Gainers outnumbered losers by 272 to 182.

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

The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,826.03 up 0.12 points or 0.01 percent, and the Emas was at 13,188.04 down 16.26 points or 0.12 percent.

There were 324 gainers,765 losers and 358 counters traded unchanged.

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MUMBAI -- Indian markets closed flat on a negative note on Tuesday, with the Sensex ending over 70 points lower.

The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex closed at 34,771.05, 72.46 points or 0.21 percent down compared to its previous close at 34,843.51.

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JAKARTA -- Indonesia shares closed higher by 47.49 points, or 0.74 percent, to a level of 6,429.69 on Tuesday.

Some 357,936 transactions were booked, involving 10.4 billion copies of shares with a value of 8.1 trillion rupiah (about 607.1 million U.S. dollars).

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DHAKA -- Bangladesh's DSE (Dhaka Stock Exchange) Broad Index closed Tuesday at 6,128 points, up 70.95 points from Monday's finish.

Among a total of 334 issues traded, 241 registered gains and 50 incurred losses while 43 remained unchanged.

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BANGKOK -- The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index Tuesday moved down 0.83 points, or 0.05 percent to close at 1,821.83 points.

Some 11.26 billion shares worth 76.87 billion baht (about 2.41 billion U.S. dollars) changed hands. Enditem