Xinhua summary of Asia-Pacific stocks news at 1100 GMT, March 22

BEIJING -- Chinese stocks closed lower on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.53 percent, at 3,263.48 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.94 percent lower at 10,877.25 points.

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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia's stocks finished lower on Thursday, with the Cambodia Securities Exchange Index down 0.12 point, or 0.04 percent, to close at 341.75 points.

A total of 4,820 shares worth 24.6 million riel (6,152 U.S. dollars) were traded.

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SYDNEY -- The Australian share market ended lower on Thursday, following the U.S. Federal Reserve's move to raise interest rates that kept investors on the sidelines.

At the close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 stock index was down 13.1 points or 0.22 percent at 5,937.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index shed 9.9 points or 0.16 percent at 6,043.2.

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VIENTIANE -- The Lao stock market closed on Thursday, down 0.23 percent compared to the previous trading day.

The Lao Securities Exchange composite index decreased by 2.04 points to reach 902.21 points after closing.

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SEOUL -- Seoul shares ended higher Thursday.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) gained 11.05 points, or 0.44 percent, to settle at 2,496.02. Trading volume stood at 475.2 million shares worth 7 trillion won (6.6 billion U.S. dollars).

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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks closed higher Thursday, snapping a three-day losing streak, as pension fund buying buoyed the market with the U.S. Federal Reserve hiking its interest rates also providing support.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average added 211.02 points, or 0.99 percent, from Tuesday to close the day at 21,591.99.

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MANILA -- Philippine shares closed 2.72 percent higher on Thursday.

The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index increased by 215.38 points to 8,124.45. The all-share index went up by 101.11 points, or 2.11 percent, to 4,890.17.

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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 1,172.36 points on Thursday, up 3 points, or 0.26 percent, against the previous trading day's closing session.

A total of 75.389 million shares worth 3.924 trillion Vietnamese dong (VND)(174.81 million U.S. dollars) were traded on Thursday.

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HANOI -- Stock market index of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, HNX-Index, closed at 134.4 points on Thursday, down 0.92 points or 0.68 percent against the previous trading session.

Prices of 93 stocks went up, 85 stocks fell down, while 66 stocks remained unchanged.

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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed down 343.47 points, or 1.09 percent, to 31,071.05 points on Thursday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 31,018.44 and 31,686.67. Turnover totaled 151.90 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 19.36 billion U.S. dollars).

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SINGAPORE -- Singaporean stocks closed lower on Thursday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) wend down 0.56 percent or 19.76 points to close at 3491.37.

A total of 1.48 billion shares changed hands with a turnover of 1 billion Singapore dollars (about 764.54 million U.S. dollars). Losers outnumbered gainers by 225 to 158.

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

The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,876.87 up11.07 points or 0.59 percent, and the Emas was at 13,160.505 up 62.51 points or 0.48 percent.

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MUMBAI -- Indian markets closed lower Thursday.

The market continued to trade in red amid volatility, following correction in Europe after the U.S. Federal Reserve's rate hike.

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BANGKOK -- The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index Thursday moved down 2.88 points, or 0.16 percent to close at 1,798.55 points.

Some 10.25 billion shares worth 50.41 billion baht (about 1.62 billion U.S. dollars) changed hands. Enditem