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Xinhua summary of Asia-Pacific stocks news at 1100 GMT, April 13

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BEIJING -- Chinese stocks closed lower on Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.66 percent, at 3,159.05 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.37 percent lower at 10,687.02 points. The ChiNext Index, which tracks China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, lost 0.13 percent to close at 1,824.59 points.

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MUMBAI -- Indian markets closed marginally higher Friday as technology stocks and reliance industries continued to support, but the selling pressure select banks capped upside.

The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex closed at 34,192.65, 91.52 point or 0.27 percent up compared to its previous close at 34,101.13.

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

The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,869.47 down 5.15 points or 0.27 percent, and the Emas was at 13,128.52 down 6.09 points or 0.05 percent.

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SINGAPORE -- Singapore stocks closed higher on Friday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) going up 0.94 percent or 32.69 points to close at 3501.3.

A total of 1.39 billion shares changed hands with a turnover of 1.25 billion Singapore dollars (about 952.94 million U.S. dollars). Gainers outnumbered losers by 273 to 151.

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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed down 22.9 points, or 0.07 percent, to 30,808.38 points on Friday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 30,707.77 and 31,076.76. Turnover totaled 969.56 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 123.51 billion U.S. dollars).

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HANOI -- Stock market index of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, HNX-Index, closed at 133.34 points on Friday, down 2.29 points or 1.69 percent against the previous trading session.

About 48.133 million shares worth some 756.834 billion Vietnamese dong (some 28.3 million U.S. dollars) were traded at the Hanoi Stock Exchange on Friday, a decrease of 6.7 percent in volume and 16.7 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 1,157.14 points on Thursday, down 15.88 points, or 1.35 percent, against the previous trading day's closing session.

About 196.127 million shares worth 7.367 trillion Vietnamese dong (VND) (327.55 million U.S. dollars) changed hands at the southern HCM City Stock Exchange. Prices of 115 stocks went up, 170 stocks fell down, while 51 stocks remained unchanged.

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VIENTIANE -- The Lao stock market closed on Friday up 0.04 percent compared to the previous trading day.

The Lao Securities Exchange composite index increased by 0.35 points to reach 954.31 points after closing.

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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks closed higher Friday following a solid lead from U.S. shares advancing overnight and receding concerns about immediate U.S. military intervention in Syria.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average gained 118.46 points, or 0.55 percent, from Thursday to close the day at 21,778.74.

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MANILA -- Philippine shares closed 1.78 percent lower on Friday.

The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index decreased by 143.09 points to 7899.98. The all-share index went down by 64.17 points, or 1.32 percent, to 4794.65.

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SEOUL -- Seoul shares ended higher Friday.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) gained 12.36 points, or 0.51 percent, to settle at 2,455.07. Trading volume stood at 391.73 million shares worth 6.8 trillion won (6.4 billion U.S. dollars).

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SYDNEY -- The Australian share market has finished higher on Friday, with investors spurred on by a cooling down of U.S. rhetoric around trade and military action in Syria.

At the close of trade, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was up 13.60 points or 0.23 percent at 5,829.10, while the broader All Ordinaries index gained 13.30 points or 0.22 percent at 5,924.70.

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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia's stocks finished higher on Friday, with the Cambodia Securities Exchange Index up 1.62 points, or 0.48 percent, to close at 340.11 points.

A total of 1,598 shares worth 5.52 million riel (1,380 U.S. dollars) were traded. Enditem

 

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