Xinhua summary of Asia-Pacific stocks news at 1100 GMT, March 5
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BEIJING -- Chinese stocks closed higher on Tuesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.88 percent to end at 3,054.25 points.
The Shenzhen Component Index closed 2.25 percent higher at 9,595.74 points.
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MUMBAI -- Indian markets closed higher Tuesday.
Except IT, all other sectoral indices were trading in green led by Auto, metal and PSU bank with 2 percent gain.
The benchmark S&P, BSE Sensex closed at 36,442.54, 378.73 points or 1.05 percent up compared to its previous close at 36,063.81.
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BANGKOK -- The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index Tuesday moved up 3.70 points, or 0.23 percent to close at 1,639.00 points.
Some 12.92 billion shares worth 41.23 billion baht (about 1.30 billion U.S. dollars) changed hands.
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SINGAPORE -- Singapore stocks closed lower on Tuesday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) going down 0.52 percent, or 17.01 points, to close at 3,234.07.
A total of 1.20 billion shares changed hands with a turnover of 1.07 billion Singapore dollars (about 790.13 million U.S. dollars). Losers outnumbered gainers by 256 to 158.
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VIENTIANE -- The Lao stock market closed on Tuesday, increasing by 0.76 percent compared to the previous trading day.
The Lao Securities Exchange composite index increased by 6.20 points, reaching 816.93 points after closing.
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KUALA LUMPUR -- The Malaysian stock market ended lower here on Tuesday.
The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,685.62 down 8.37 points or 0.49 percent, and the Emas was at 11,729.81 down 36.80 points or 0.31 percent.
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HO CHI MINH CITY -- VN-Index, the stock market index of Ho Chi Minh City bourse in southern Vietnam, closed at 992.45 points on Tuesday, down 1.54 points, or 0.15 percent, against the previous trading day's closing session.
Over 297.444 million shares worth 5.933 trillion Vietnamese dong (257.9 million U.S. dollars) changed hands at the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange, with prices of 159 stocks rising, 148 stocks decreasing, and 74 stocks remaining unchanged.
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HANOI -- Stock market index of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, HNX-Index, closed at 108.24 points on Tuesday, down 0.28 points or 0.26 percent from the previous trading session.
Prices of 74 stocks went up, 71 stocks dropped, while 233 stocks remained unchanged.
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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed up 2.01 points, or 0.01 percent, to 28,961.6 points on Tuesday.
The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 28,734.81 and 29,025.79. Turnover totaled 118.66 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 15.12 billion U.S. dollars).
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SEOUL -- Seoul shares ended lower Tuesday.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) shed 11.43 points, or 0.52 percent, to settle at 2,179.23. Trading volume stood at 308.8 million shares worth 4.9 trillion won (4.4 billion U.S. dollars).
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MANILA -- Philippine shares closed 0.06 percent lower on Tuesday.
The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index decreased by 4.85 points to 7,670.62. The all-share index went down by 8.07 points, or 0.17 percent, to 4,740.90.
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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks closed lower Tuesday, tracking losses on Wall Street overnight, with the Nikkei's three-month closing high a day earlier prompting investors to secure profits.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average lost 95.76 points, or 0.44 percent, from Monday to close the day at 21,726.28.
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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia's stocks finished higher on Tuesday, with the Cambodia Securities Exchange Index up 1.3 points, or 0.22 percent, to close at 589.13.
A total of 6,444 shares worth 35.9 million riel (8,985 U.S. dollars) were traded. Enditem
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