Xinhua summary of Asia-Pacific stocks news at 1100 GMT, May 23

BEIJING -- Chinese stocks closed lower on Wednesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 1.41 percent, at 3,168.96 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index closed 1.25 percent lower at 10,631.12 points. The ChiNext Index, which tracks China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, lost 1.60 percent to close at 1,845.97 points.

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MUMBAI -- Indian markets closed lower on Wednesday.

The market extended losses, with the Sensex falling more than 300 points on further correction in oil, metals, FMCG and HDFC Group stocks.

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BANGKOK -- The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index on Wednesday moved down 7.11 points or 0.40 percent to close at 1,753.60 points.

Some 24.69 billion shares worth 64.21 billion baht (about 2.01 billion U.S. dollars) changed hands.

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SINGAPORE -- Singaporean stocks closed lower on Wednesday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) down 1.32 percent or 46.91 points to close at 3,496.27.

A total of 1.36 billion shares changed hands with a turnover of 1.33 billion Singaporean dollars (about 986.9 million U.S. dollars). Losers outnumbered gainers by 307 to 156.

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

The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,804.25, down 40.78 points or 2.21 percent, and the Emas was at 12,580.06, down 264.53 points or 2.06 percent.

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HANOI -- Stock market index of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, HNX-Index, closed at 118.11 points on Wednesday, up 1.39 points or 1.19 percent against the previous trading session.

About 36.673 million shares worth some 532.836 billion Vietnamese dong (some 23.6 million U.S. dollars) were traded at the Hanoi Stock Exchange on Wednesday, a decrease of 66.8 percent in volume and 57 percent in value against the previous trading session.

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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed down 568.71 points, or 1.82 percent, to 30,665.64 points on Wednesday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 30,665.64 and 31,191.87. Turnover totaled 115.44 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 14.71 billion U.S. dollars).

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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 988.94 points on Wednesday, up 3.03 points, or 0.31 percent, against the previous trading day's closing session.

About 182.157 million shares worth 6.628 trillion Vietnamese dong (VND) (293.49 million U.S. dollars) changed hands at the southern HCM City Stock Exchange. Prices of 151 stocks went up, 128 stocks fell down, while 61 stocks remained unchanged.

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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks closed lower on Wednesday as the yen's rise against the U.S. dollar.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average lost 270.60 points, or 1.18 percent, from Tuesday to close the day at 22,689.74.

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MANILA -- Philippine shares closed 1.12 percent lower on Wednesday.

The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index decreased by 85.73 points to 7560.47. The all-share index went down by 40.46 points, or 0.87 percent, to 4612.00.

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SEOUL -- Seoul shares ended higher on Wednesday.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) gained 6.34 points, or 0.26 percent, to settle at 2,471.91. Trading volume stood at 746.4 million shares worth 9.13 trillion won (8.5 billion U.S. dollars).

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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia's stocks finished lower on Wednesday, with the Cambodia Securities Exchange Index down 2.4 points, or 0.7 percent, to close at 340.47.

A total of 7,877 shares worth 32.4 million riel (7,984 U.S. dollars) were traded. Enditem