Xinhua summary of Asia-Pacific stocks news at 1100 GMT, Feb. 18
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BEIJING -- Chinese stocks closed higher on Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 2.68 percent at 2,754.36 points.
The Shenzhen Component Index closed 3.95 percent higher at 8,446.92 points.
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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed up 446.17 points, or 1.60 percent, to 28,347.01 points on Monday.
The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 28,186.75 and 28,412.08. Turnover totaled 95.06 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 12.11 billion U.S. dollars).
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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks closed sharply higher Monday.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average gained 381.22 points, or 1.82 percent, from Friday to close the day at 21,281.85.
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SINGAPORE -- Singapore stocks closed higher on Monday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) going up 0.81 percent, or 26.23 points, to close at 3,265.97.
A total of 1.47 billion shares changed hands with a turnover of 929.84 million Singapore dollars (about 685.7 million U.S. dollars). Gainers outnumbered losers by 214 to 176.
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MUMBAI -- Indian markets closed lower Monday.
All the sectoral indices ended in red led by FMCG, IT, metal, pharma, auto, bank and infra. The benchmark S&P, BSE Sensex closed at 35,498.44, 310.51 points or 0.87 percent down compared to its previous close at 35,808.95.
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VIENTIANE -- The Lao stock market closed on Monday down 0.26 percent compared to the previous trading day.
The Lao Securities Exchange composite index decreased 2.15 points, reaching 812.45 points after closing.
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BANGKOK -- The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index Monday moved down 1.23 points, or 0.08 percent to close at 1,635.71 points.
Some 10.60 billion shares worth 34.32 billion baht (about 1.10 billion U.S. dollars) changed hands.
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JAKARTA -- Indonesia shares closed higher by 108.73 points, or 1.7 percent, to a level of 6,497.81 on Monday.
Some 425,185 transactions were booked, involving 12.9 billion copies of shares with a value of 9.2 trillion rupiah (about 651.7 million U.S. dollars).
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KUALA LUMPUR -- The Malaysian stock market ended higher here on Monday.
The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,692.74, up 3.91 points or 0.23 percent, and the Emas was at 11,780.71, up 30.44 points or 0.26 percent.
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SEOUL -- Seoul shares ended higher Monday.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) added 14.80 points, or 0.67 percent, to settle at 2,210.89. Trading volume stood at 309.2 million shares worth 4.6 trillion won (4.1 billion U.S. dollars).
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HANOI -- Stock market index of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, HNX-Index, closed at 106.84 points on Monday, up 0.72 points or 0.68 percent from the previous trading session.
Over 38.5 million shares worth 507.9 billion Vietnamese dong (roughly 22.1 million U.S. dollars) were traded at the Hanoi Stock Exchange on Monday. Specifically, foreign investors bought nearly 1.9 million shares valued at 33.9 billion Vietnamese dong (1.5 million U.S. dollars), and sold more than 1.8 million shares valued at 23.8 billion Vietnamese dong (over 1 million U.S. dollars).
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MANILA -- Philippine shares closed 0.79 percent higher on Monday.
The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index increased by 62.44 points to 7,971.33. The all-share index went up by 18.28 points, or 0.38 percent, to 4,841.60.
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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia's stocks finished higher on Monday, with the Cambodia Securities Exchange Index up 2.72 points, or 0.46 percent, to close at 594.01.
A total of 5,965 shares worth 48.3 million riel (12,049 U.S. dollars) were traded. Enditem
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