Xinhua summary of Asia-Pacific stocks news at 1100 GMT, April 27

BEIJING -- Chinese stocks closed higher on Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.23 percent to close at 3,082.23 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.31 percent higher at 10,324.47 points.

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JAKARTA -- Indonesian shares closed higher by 10.04 points, or 0.17 percent, to a level of 5,919.23 on Friday.

Some 383,012 transactions were booked, involving 8.2 billion copies of share with a value of 8.9 trillion rupiah (about 641 million U.S. dollars).

Gainers led losers 202 to 191 with 101 remaining stagnant.

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MUMBAI -- Indian markets closed higher Friday.

The benchmark indices continued to trade strong as Reliance Industries, ITC, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Infosys and ICICI Bank are the positive contributors to the Sensex.

The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex closed at 34,969.70, 256.10 point or 0.74 percent up compared to its previous close at 34,713.60.

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

The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,863.47 up 11.20 points or 0.60 percent, and the Emas was at 12,988.73 up 89.57 points or 0.69 percent.

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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks closed higher Friday, tracking gains on Wall Street overnight and on hopes the inter-Korean summit would lead to further productive talks.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average gained 148.26 points, or 0.66 percent, from Thursday to close the day at 22,467.87, marking its highest closing level since Feb. 5.

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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 1,050.26 points on Friday, up 5.4 points, or 0.52 percent, against the previous trading day's closing session.

About 191.597 million shares worth 5.905 trillion Vietnamese dong (VND) (262.02 million U.S. dollars) changed hands at the southern HCM City Stock Exchange. Prices of 188 stocks went up, 98 stocks fell down, while 46 stocks remained unchanged.

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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed up 272.99 points, or 0.91 percent, to 30,280.67 points on Friday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 30,019.12 and 30,336.00. Turnover totaled 97.48 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 12.42 billion U.S. dollars).

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HANOI -- Stock market index of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, HNX-Index, closed at 122.64 points on Friday, up 2.53 points or 2.1 percent against the previous trading session.

About 44.330 million shares worth some 721.281 billion Vietnamese dong (some 32 million U.S. dollars) were traded at the Hanoi Stock Exchange on Friday, a decrease of 33.4 percent in volume and 30.5 percent in value against the previous trading session.

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VIENTIANE -- The Lao stock market closed on Friday down 1.58 percent compared to the previous trading day.

The Lao Securities Exchange composite index decreased by 14.77 points to reach 922.02 points after closing.

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MANILA -- Philippine shares closed 1.36 percent higher on Friday.

The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index increased by 103.6 points to 7,721.02. The all-share index went up by 53.78 points, or 1.17 percent, to 4,671.83. Enditem