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

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BEIJING -- Chinese stocks closed lower on Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 4.05 percent, at 3,129.85 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index closed 3.58 percent lower at 10,001.23 points. The ChiNext Index, which tracks China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, lost 2.98 percent to close at 1,592.51 points.

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BANGKOK -- The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index Friday moved down 0.21 points, or 0.01 percent to close at 1,786.45 points.

Some 11.58 billion shares worth 67.68 billion baht (about 2.13 billion U.S. dollars) changed hands.

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SINGAPORE -- Singapore shares closed 1.13 percent lower on Friday, dragged by sharp fall in Wall Street overnight.

U.S. stocks tumbled on Thursday into correction territory on rising inflation expectations and a slide in crude prices towards 60 U.S. dollars per barrel, which would wipe out this year's gains.

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MUMBAI -- Indian markets closed lower on Friday as global indexes were under pressure on worries over interest rate hikes.

The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex closed at 34,005.76, 407.40 points or 1.18 percent down compared to its previous close at 34,413.16.

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

The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,819.82, down 19.62 points or 1.07 percent, and the Emas was at 12,975.06, down 130.47 points or 1.00 percent.

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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed down 943.850 points, or 3.10 percent, to 29,507.42 points on Friday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 29,129.26 and 29,679.20. Turnover totaled 219.00 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 28.00 billion U.S. dollars).

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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 1,003.94 points on Friday, down 19.31 points, or 1.89 percent, against the previous trading day's closing session.

About 243.233 million shares worth 6.434 trillion Vietnamese dong (VND) (286.78 million U.S. dollars) changed hands at the southern HCM City Stock Exchange. Prices of 105 stocks went up, 174 stocks fell down, while 49 stocks remained unchanged.

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HANOI -- Stock market index of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, HNX-Index, closed at 117.5 points on Friday, up 0.56 points or 0.48 percent against the previous trading session.

Over 62.962 million shares worth some 891.108 billion Vietnamese dong (some 39.7 million U.S. dollars) were traded at the Hanoi Stock Exchange on Friday, an increase of 35.5 percent in volume and 42.1 percent in value against the previous trading session.

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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks closed sharply lower Friday as Wall Street's tumble overnight triggered another sell-off here on concerns of ongoing market volatility as the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield spiked.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average dropped 508.24 points, or 2.32 percent, from Thursday to close the day at 21,382.62, marking its lowest closing level since Oct. 18.

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MANILA -- Philippine shares closed 1.64 percent lower on Friday.

The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index decreased by 141.39 points to 8,503.69. The all-share index went down by 66.29 points, or 1.30 percent, to 5,028.38.

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SEOUL -- Seoul shares ended lower Friday.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) declined 43.85 points, or 1.82 percent, to settle at 2,363.77. Trading volume stood at 479.06 million shares worth 8.34 trillion won (7.64 billion U.S. dollars).

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VIENTIANE -- The Lao stock market closed on Friday unchanged compared to the previous trading day.

The Lao Securities Exchange composite index remained at 970.06 points after closing. A total of 600 shares worth about 1.5 million Lao kip (over 183 U.S. dollars) changed hands at the stock market.

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SYDNEY -- The Australian share market ended lower on Friday, capping a volatile week of extended Wall Street losses spreading to stocks in the region.

At the close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 stock index was down 52.7 points or 0.9 percent at 5,838, while the broader All Ordinaries index fell 57.7 points or 0.96 percent at 5,937.5.

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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia's stocks finished higher on Friday, with the Cambodia Securities Exchange Index up 2.43 points, or 0.72 percent, to close at 338.4.

A total of 4,179 shares worth 19.6 million riel (4,874 U.S. dollars) were traded. Enditem

 

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