Xinhua summary of Asia-Pacific stocks news at 1100 GMT, April 10

BEIJING -- Chinese stocks closed mixed on Tuesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 1.66 percent, at 3,190.32 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index closed 1.05 percent higher at 10,765.62 points. The ChiNext Index, which tracks China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, lost 0.33 percent to close at 1,835.52 points.

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MUMBAI -- Indian markets closed marginally higher Tuesday.

The market continued to trade higher amid volatility as investors look for March quarter earnings that will start later in the week.

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JAKARTA -- Indonesian shares closed higher by 79.6 points, or 1.27 percent, to a level of 6,325.81 on Tuesday.

Some 426,047 transactions were booked, involving 8 billion copies of shares with a value of 7.2 trillion rupiah (about 523.4 million U.S. Dollars).

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

The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,860.98 up 11.27 points or 0.61 percent, and the Emas was at 13,045.55 up 159.75 points or 1.24 percent.

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DHAKA -- Bangladesh's DSE (Dhaka Stock Exchange) Broad Index closed Tuesday at 5,859 points, down 19.81 points from Monday's finish.

Among a total of 338 issues traded, 122 registered gains and 184 incurred losses while 32 remained unchanged.

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SINGAPORE -- Singapore stocks closed higher on Tuesday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) going up 0.48 percent or 16.42 points to close at 3466.38.

A total of 2.05 billion shares changed hands with a turnover of 1.38 billion Singapore dollars (about 1.05 billion U.S. dollars). Gainers outnumbered losers by 254 to 174.

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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed up 499.16 points, or 1.65 percent, to 30,728.74 points on Tuesday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 30,163.09 and 30,806.86. Turnover totaled 138.35 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 17.62 billion U.S. dollars).

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HANOI -- Stock market index of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, HNX-Index, closed at 136.68 points on Tuesday, down 1.1 points or 0.8 percent against the previous trading session.

About 65.148 million shares worth some 1.125 trillion Vietnamese dong (some 50.1 million U.S. dollars) were traded at the Hanoi Stock Exchange on Tuesday, a decrease of 6.3 percent in volume and 5.6 percent in value against the previous trading session.

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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 1,198.12 points on Tuesday, down 6.21 points, or 0.52 percent, against the previous trading day's closing session.

About 286.724 million shares worth 9.234 trillion Vietnamese dong (VND) (410.94 million U.S. dollars) changed hands at the southern HCM City Stock Exchange. Prices of 84 stocks went up, 208 stocks fell down, while 43 stocks remained unchanged.

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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks closed higher Tuesday as the market mood here turned positive.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average gained 116.06 points, or 0.54 percent, from Monday to end the day at 21,794.32.

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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia's stocks ended trading flat on Tuesday, with the Cambodia Securities Exchange Index standing at 340.67 points.

A total of 12,501 shares worth 62 million riel (15,501 U.S. dollars) were traded.

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MANILA -- Philippine shares closed 0.14 percent lower on Tuesday.

The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index decreased by 10.98 points to 7934.68. The all-share index went down by 11.03 points, or 0.23 percent, to 4817.47.

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VIENTIANE -- The Lao stock market closed on Tuesday down 0.09 percent compared to the previous trading day.

The Lao Securities Exchange composite index decreased by 0.90 points to reach 952.50 points after closing.

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SEOUL -- Seoul shares ended higher Tuesday.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) gained 6.66 points, or 0.27 percent, to settle at 2,450.74. Trading volume stood at 350 million shares worth 7.4 trillion won (6.9 billion U.S. dollars). Enditem