Xinhua summary of Asia-Pacific stock news at 1100 GMT, Feb. 11
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Seoul shares ended higher on Tuesday.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) rose 8. 76 points, or 0.46 percent, to close at 1,932.06. Trading volume stood at 217.82 million shares worth 3.19 trillion won (2.98 billion U.S. dollars).
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WELLINGTON -- New Zealand stocks rose as earnings growth from Australia & New Zealand Banking Group and signs of an improving Australian economy lifted sentiment on companies doing business across the Tasman, such as Fletcher Building and Ebos Group.
The sharemarket closed 0.3 percent higher on Tuesday with the benchmark NZX-50 index rose 15.83 points to 4848.88 and a turnover of 105.2 million NZ dollars (87.27 million U.S. dollars).
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MANILA -- Philippine shares closed 1.06 percent higher on Tuesday.
The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index gained by 63.78 points to 6,106.03. The all-share index also went up by 33.01 points, or 0.90 percent, to 3,710.31.
Trading volume reached 3.89 billion shares worth 6.83 billion pesos (152.06 million U.S. dollars).
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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks rose 383.72 points, or 1.78 percent, to close at 21,962.98 points on Tuesday.
The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 21,623.79 and 22, 025.58. Turnover totaled 66.69 billion HK dollars (about 8.57 billion U.S. dollars).
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SHENZHEN -- The Shenzhen Component Index on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange closed at 7,838.12 points on Tuesday, up 25.96 points, or 0.33 percent. A Share Index: 8,877.94 points, up 29.4 points, or 0.33 percent; B Share Index: 5,446.32 points, up 26.97 points, or 0.5 percent;
Total Turnover: 184.05 billion yuan (30.14 billion U.S. dollars). ---- SHANGHAI -- China's benchmark Shanghai Composite Index on the Shanghai Stock Exchange closed at 2,103.67 points on Tuesday, up 17.6 points, or 0.84 percent.
A Share Index: 2,201.78 points, up 18.55 points, or 0.85 percent;
B Share Index: 248.25 points, down 0.84 points, or 0.34 percent;
Total Turnover: 125.27 billion yuan (20.52 billion U.S. dollars) .
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TAIPEI -- Taiwan's share prices closed up 0.46 percent on Tuesday with the weighted index rising 38.61 points to close at 8, 430.56 according to news reaching here from Taipei.
Turnover totaled 79.19 billion new Taiwan dollars (about 3.61 billion U.S. dollars) during the trading session.
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HANOI -- Stock market index of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, HNX- Index, closed at 75.55 points on Tuesday, down 0.01 points, or 0. 01 percent, against the previous trading session.
A total of 90.52 million shares worth 838.5 billion Vietnamese dong (39.74 million U.S. dollars) were traded at the Hanoi Stock Exchange on Tuesday, an increase of 30.35 percent in volume and 56. 78 percent in value against Monday.
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SINGAPORE -- Singapore stocks finished higher on Tuesday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) up 11.90 points, or 0.39 percent, to close at 3,029.10.
A total of 1.79 billion shares changed hands with turnover of 792 million Singapore dollars (628.5 million U.S. dollars).
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JAKARTA -- Indonesian shares closed higher by 19.44 points, or 0.44 percent, to a level of 4,470.19 on Tuesday.
Some 134,500 transactions were booked, involving 2.09 billion shares worth 2.72 trillion rupiah (about 223.59 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 1,824.17 up 8.03 points or 0.44 percent, and the Emas was at 12,593.14 up 54.76 points or 0.43 percent.
There were 494 gainers, 314 losers and 302 counters traded unchanged.
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BANGKOK -- The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index on Tuesday moved up 5.59 points, or 0.43 percent to close at 1,296.25 points.
Some 3.95 billion shares worth 24.48 billion baht (about 750 million U.S. dollars) changed hands.
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MUMBAI -- Indian stocks closed higher Tuesday with the benchmark index of the Indian equities market Sensex closing at 20, 363.37 points, 29.10 points or 0.14 percent up from the previous close of 20,334.27 points.
Good buying was seen in IT, auto, banking index (bankex) and consumer durables sectors. Endi
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