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Xinhua summary of Asia-Pacific stocks news at 1100 GMT, April 2

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BEIJING -- Chinese stocks closed lower Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.18 percent, at 3,163.18 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.14 percent lower at 10,852.95 points.

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SEOUL -- Seoul shares ended lower Monday.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) lost 1.69 points, or 0.07 percent, to settle at 2,444.16. Trading volume stood at 386.6 million shares worth 6.6 trillion won (6.3 billion U.S. dollars).

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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks closed lower on Monday as investors opted to secure profits after shares' early advance on a weaker yen and the Bank of Japan's upbeat outlook for fiscal 2018 business investment.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average dropped 65.72 points, or 0.31 percent, from Friday to close the day at 21,388.58.

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MANILA -- Philippine shares closed 0.75 percent higher on Monday.

The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index increased by 59.62 points to 8039.45. The all-share index went up by 28.99 points, or 0.60 percent, to 4869.55.

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HANOI -- Stock market index of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, HNX-Index, closed at 135.4 points on Monday, up 2.94 points or 2.22 percent against the previous trading session.

Prices of 80 stocks went up, 88 stocks fell down, while 83 stocks remained unchanged.

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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 1,196.61 points on Monday, up 22.15 points, or 1.89 percent, against the last Friday's closing session.

About 245.761 million shares worth 8.040 trillion Vietnamese dong (VND) (358.17 million U.S. dollars) changed hands at the southern HCM City Stock Exchange. Prices of 155 stocks went up, 140 stocks fell down, while 42 stocks remained unchanged.

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DHAKA -- Bangladesh's DSE (Dhaka Stock Exchange) broad index closed Monday at 5,827 points, up about 81 points from Sunday's finish.

Among a total of 339 issues traded, 234 registered gains and 71 incurred loses while 34 remained unchanged.

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SINGAPORE -- Singapore stocks closed higher on Monday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) up 0.08 percent or 2.79 points to close at 3,430.76.

A total of 824.5 million shares changed hands with a turnover of 711.4 million Singapore dollars (about 543.1 million U.S. dollars). Losers outnumbered gainers by 226 to 185.

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

The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,858.35 down 5.11 points or 0.27 percent, and the Emas was at 13,011.47 down 34.12 points or 0.26 percent.

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MUMBAI -- Indian markets closed higher Monday. Pullback in financials has pushed the market higher from the morning levels.

The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex closed at 33,255.36, 286.68 point or 0.87 percent up compared to its previous close at 32,968.68.

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BANGKOK -- The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index Monday moved up 6.02 points, or 0.34 percent to close at 1,782.28 points.

Some 9.09 billion shares worth 40.44 billion baht (about 1.30 billion U.S. dollars) changed hands. Enditem

 

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