BEIJING -- Chinese stocks closed higher Wednesday, with the biological medicine sector and free trade area related stocks leading the gains.

The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.85 percent higher, closing at 3,022.72. The Shenzhen Component Index grew 1.01 percent to 9,609.44.

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

The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,642.73 down 7.21 points or 0.44 percent, and the Emas was at 11,531.46 down 43.89 points or 0.38 percent.

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MUMBAI -- Indian markets closed lower Wednesday after market erased all its morning gains in the later part of the day.

Among the sectors, energy, auto, FMCG, infra, IT, metal and pharma remained under pressure, while some buying seen in the banking stock.

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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 975.91 points on Wednesday, up 6.12 points, or 0.63 percent, against the previous trading day's closing session.

Nearly 159.938 million shares worth nearly 3.613 trillion Vietnamese dong (157.1 million U.S. dollars) changed hands at the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange, with prices of 199 stocks rising, 92 stocks decreasing, and 90 stocks remaining unchanged.

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SINGAPORE -- Singapore stocks closed lower on Wednesday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) going down 0.06 percent, or 1.89 points, to close at 3,198.39.

A total of 1 billion shares changed hands with a turnover of 1 billion Singapore dollars (about 738.74 million U.S. dollars). Gainers outnumbered losers by 213 to 173.

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HANOI -- Stock market index of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, HNX-Index, closed at 107.56 points on Wednesday, up 0.71 points or 0.67 percent from the previous trading session.

Nearly 26.9 million shares worth 331.1 billion Vietnamese dong (14.4 million U.S. dollars) were traded at the Hanoi Stock Exchange on Wednesday. Specifically, foreign investors bought over 1.1 million shares valued at 8.5 billion Vietnamese dong (367,391 U.S. dollars), and sold 335,900 shares valued at roughly 6 billion Vietnamese dong (258,696 U.S. dollars).

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HONG KONG, -- Hong Kong stocks closed up 161.34 points, or 0.56 percent, to 28,728.25 points on Wednesday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 28,551.65 and 28,781.63. Turnover totaled 93.30 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 11.89 billion U.S. dollars).

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VIENTIANE -- The Lao stock market closed on Wednesday with an increase of 0.20 percent compared to the previous trading day.

The Lao Securities Exchange composite index increased by 1.66 points, reaching 836.04 points after closing.

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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks closed lower Wednesday as investors sold shares of companies after securing the rights to fiscal 2018 second-half dividend payouts a day earlier.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average lost 49.66 points, or 0.23 percent, from Tuesday to close the day at 21,378,73.

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MANILA -- Philippine shares closed 0.58 percent lower on Wednesday.

The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index decreased by 45.98 points to 7,861.05. The all-share index went down by 24.55 points, or 0.51 percent, to 4,835.90.

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SEOUL -- Seoul shares ended lower Wednesday.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) lost 3.18 points, or 0.15 percent, to settle at 2,145.62. Trading volume stood at 358.6 million shares worth 4.4 trillion won (3.9 billion U.S. dollars).

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SYDNEY -- The Australian share market closed flat on Wednesday, only fractionally higher despite a surge in oil prices and a positive lead from global markets.

At the close of trade, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was up 5.40 points, or 0.08 percent, at 6,136.00, while the broader All Ordinaries index added 4.50 points, or 0.07 percent, at 6,217.60. Enditem

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