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Xinhua summary of Asia-Pacific stocks news at 1100 GMT, Jan. 25

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BEIJING -- China's key stock index ended a seven-day winning streak Thursday, as strong non-ferrous and gold shares failed to offset losses in gas and securities sectors.

The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.31 percent to close at 3,548.31, and the Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.47 percent lower at 11,552.56.

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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks closed lower Thursday as the strength of the yen against the U.S. dollar weighed on exporter issues and prompted concerns about corporate earnings and outlooks here.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average dropped 271.29 points, or 1.13 percent, from Wednesday to close the day at 23,669.49, marking its lowest closing level since Jan. 12.

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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed down 304.24 points, or 0.92 percent, to 32,654.45 points on Thursday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 32,650.22 and 32,998.05. Turnover totaled 187.71 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 24.02 billion U.S. dollars).

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BANGKOK -- The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index Thursday moved down 19.67 points, or 1.07 percent to close at 1,819.29 points.

Some 12.17 billion shares worth 74.27 billion baht (about 2.37 billion U.S. dollars) changed hands.

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MUMBAI -- Indian markets closed lower Thursday ahead of expiry of January derivative contracts.

The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex closed at 36,050.44, down 111.20 points, or 0.31 percent, compared to its previous close at 36,161.64.

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SINGAPORE -- Singapore stocks closed lower on Thursday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) went down 1.01 percent or 36.62 points to close at 3572.62.

A total of 2.41 billion shares changed hands with a turnover of 1.48 billion Singapore dollars (about 1.13 billion U.S. dollars). Losers outnumbered gainers by 296 to 179.

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

The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,845.86 up 8.82 points or 0.48 percent, and the Emas was at 13,336.27 up 50.48 points or 0.38 percent.

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MANILA -- Philippine shares closed 0.89 percent higher on Thursday.

The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index increased by 78.94 points to 8,999.17. The all-share index went up by 39.56 points, or 0.76 percent, to 5,245.25.

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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 1,104.57 points on Thursday, up 17.15 points, or 1.58 percent, against the previous trading day's closing session on Monday.

Transactions stopped on Tuesday and Wednesday due to a technical crash on the bourse.

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SEOUL -- Seoul shares ended higher Thursday.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) gained 24.23 points, or 0.95 percent, to settle at 2,562.23. Trading volume stood at 507.15 million shares worth 7.68 trillion won (7.24 billion U.S. dollars).

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VIENTIANE -- The Lao stock market closed on Thursday up 1.24 percent compared to the previous trading day.

The Lao Securities Exchange composite index increased by 11.77 points to reach 963.43 points after closing. Enditem

 

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