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Xinhua summary of Asia-Pacific stocks news at 1100 GMT, April 4

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BEIJING -- Chinese stocks closed lower Wednesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.18 percent, at 3,131.11 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.65 percent lower at 10,684.56 points.

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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia's stocks finished lower on Wednesday, with the Cambodia Securities Exchange Index down 1.77 points, or 0.52 percent, to close at 341.38.

A total of 700 shares worth 3.44 million riel (859 U.S. dollars) were traded.

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VIENTIANE -- The Lao stock market closed on Wednesday down 0.40 percent compared to the previous trading day.

The Lao Securities Exchange composite index decreased by 3.71 points to reach 934.57 points after closing.

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SYDNEY -- The Australian share market closed higher on Wednesday, gaining back some ground from recent losses and amid signs pointing to weakness overseas.

At the close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 stock index edged up 9.5 points or 0.17 percent at 5,761.4, while the broader All Ordinaries index added 4.6 points or 0.08 percent at 5,863.7.

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SEOUL -- Seoul shares ended lower Wednesday.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) declined 34.37 points, or 1.41 percent, to settle at 2,408.06. Trading volume stood at 544.6 million shares worth 7.8 trillion won (7.3 billion U.S. dollars).

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MANILA -- Philippine shares closed 0.63 percent lower on Wednesday.

The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index decreased by 51.05 points to 7997.67. The all-share index went down by 13.87 points, or 0.29 percent, to 4858.03.

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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks closed marginally higher Wednesday, tracking gains on Wall Street overnight with retailers here propping up the market's downside.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average added 27.26 points, or 0.13 percent, from Tuesday to close the day at 21,319.55.

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HO CHI MINH CITY -- VN-Index, the stock market index of Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City bourse in southern Vietnam, closed at 1,191.54 points on Wednesday, up 3.25 points, or 0.27 percent, against the previous trading day's closing session.

A total of 82.360 million shares worth 5.104 trillion Vietnamese dong (VND)(227.29 million U.S. dollars) were traded on Wednesday.

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HANOI -- Stock market index of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, HNX-Index, closed at 135.32 points on Wednesday, down 0.3 points or 0.22 percent against the previous trading session.

Prices of 86 stocks went up, 91 stocks fell down, while 56 stocks remained unchanged.

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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed down 661.41 points, or 2.19 percent, to 29,518.69 points on Wednesday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 29,518.69 and 30,329.08. Turnover totaled 109.03 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 13.89 billion U.S. dollars).

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

The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,815.94 down 34.84 points or 1.88 percent, and the Emas was at 12,612.37 down 319.81 points or 2.47 percent.

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SINGAPORE-- Singapore stocks closed lower on Wednesday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) down 2.12 percent or 72.45 points to close at 3,339.70.

A total of 2.15 billion shares changed hands with a turnover of 1.56 billion Singapore dollars (about 1.19 billion U.S. dollars). Losers outnumbered gainers by 398 to 112.

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MUMBAI -- Indian markets closed sharply lower Wednesday.

The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex closed at 33,019.07, 351.56 point or 1.05 percent down compared to its previous close at 33,370.63.

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JAKARTA -- Indonesia shares closed lower by 71.91 points, or 1.15 percent, to a level of 6,157.09 on Wednesday.

Some 392,431 transactions were booked, involving 8.4 billion copies of shares with a value of 6.3 trillion rupiah (about 457.6 million U.S. dollars).

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BANGKOK -- The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index Wednesday moved down 40.26 points, or 2.28 percent to close at 1,724.98 points.

Some 17.12 billion shares worth 93.16 billion baht (about 3.00 billion U.S. dollars) changed hands. Enditem

 

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