Xinhua summary of Asia-Pacific stocks news at 1100 GMT, March 12
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BANGKOK -- The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index Tuesday moved up 0.16 points, or 0.01 percent to close at 1,627.59 points.
Some 12.35 billion shares worth 37.17 billion baht (about 1.18 billion U.S. dollars) changed hands.
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MUMBAI -- Indian markets closed higher on Tuesday.
Bulls took charge on the Dalal Street as benchmark indices rose for the two consecutive days.
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JAKARTA -- Indonesian shares closed lower by 12.66 points, or 0.20 percent, to a level of 6,353.77 on Tuesday.
Some 409,557 transactions were booked, involving 12.9 billion copies of shares with a value of 7.2 trillion rupiah (about 504.6 million U.S. dollars).
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SINGAPORE -- Singapore shares closed 0.65 percent higher on Tuesday, buoyed by U.S. technology stocks that benefited from merger news.
The STI index went down 0.14 percent, or 4.45 points, to close at 3,191.42 Monday.
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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 1,001.32 points on Tuesday, down 16.72 points, or 1.70 percent, against the previous trading day's closing session.
Nearly 208.194 million shares worth 4.802 trillion Vietnamese dong (208.8 million U.S. dollars) changed hands at the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange, with prices of 203 stocks rising, 112 stocks decreasing, and 66 stocks remaining unchanged.
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KUALA LUMPUR -- The Malaysian stock market ended higher here on Tuesday.
The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,671.28, up 6.65 points or 0.40 percent, and the Emas was at 11,687.90, up 51.24 points or 0.44 percent.
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HANOI -- Stock market index of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, HNX-Index, closed at 109.55 points on Tuesday, up 1.23 points or 1.14 percent from the previous trading session.
Nearly 64.6 million shares worth over 692 billion Vietnamese dong (30.1 million U.S. dollars) were traded at the Hanoi Stock Exchange on Tuesday. Specifically, foreign investors bought 644,888 shares valued at 10.8 billion Vietnamese dong (468,696 U.S. dollars), and sold more than 1.9 million shares valued 28.5 billion Vietnamese dong (1.2 million U.S. dollars).
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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks closed higher Tuesday as investor sentiment was bolstered by solid U.S. retail data lifting U.S. shares overnight, while hopes that Britain's exit from the European Union might be a smooth one added support.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average added 378.60 points, or 1.79 percent, from Monday to close the day at 21,503.69.
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VIENTIANE -- The Lao stock market closed on Tuesday with an decrease of 0.02 percent compared to the previous trading day.
The Lao Securities Exchange composite index decreased by 0.19 points, reaching 823.23 points after closing.
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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed up 417.57 points, or 1.46 percent, to 28,920.87 points on Tuesday.
The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 28,734.09 and 28,941.09. Turnover totaled 109.06 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 13.89 billion U.S. dollars).
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MANILA -- Philippine shares closed 0.50 percent higher on Tuesday.
The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index increased by 38.82 points to 7747.54. The all-share index went up by 15.62 points or 0.33 percent to 4795.80.
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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia's stocks finished lower on Tuesday, with the Cambodia Securities Exchange Index down 2.62 points or 0.45 percent to close at 581.23.
A total of 12,435 shares worth 78.3 million riel (19,574 U.S. dollars) were traded.
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SEOUL -- Seoul shares ended higher Tuesday.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) gained 19.08 points, or 0.89 percent, to settle at 2,157.18. Trading volume stood at 345.7 million shares worth 4.1 trillion won (3.6 billion U.S. dollars).
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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks closed higher Tuesday as investor sentiment was bolstered by solid U.S. retail data lifting U.S. shares overnight, while hopes that Britain's exit from the European Union might be a smooth one added support.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average added 378.60 points, or 1.79 percent, from Monday to close the day at 21,503.69.
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WELLINGTON -- New Zealand stock market's indicator, the S&P/NZX 50 index, rose slightly by 0.04 percent to 9,397 on Tuesday.
The rise was led by Sky Network Television Limited, which was up 4 percent to 1.3 NZ dollars (0.89 U.S. dollars), while Kingfish Limited, an investment company that invests in growing New Zealand companies, jumped by 6.67 percent to 0.056 NZ dollars.
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SYDNEY -- The Australian share market finished lower on Tuesday after making a strong start to the day, with a reversal in the banks and consumer discretionaries the biggest weight.
At the market close the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was down 5.40 points or 0.087 percent at 6,174.80, while the broader All Ordinaries index was down 2.70 points or 0.043 percent at 6,260.60. Enditem
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