BEIJING -- Chinese stocks closed higher on Wednesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.96 percent, at 2,917.8 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index closed 1.38 percent higher at 8,925.73 points.

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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks surged Wednesday, with the benchmark Nikkei stock index closing at more than a five-week high on the back of Wall Street's overnight rally, with investor sentiment lifted as concerns eased about global trade issues.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average climbed 361.16 points, or 1.72 percent, from Tuesday to close the day at 21,333.87, marking the highest closing level since May 10.

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SINGAPORE -- Singapore stocks closed higher on Wednesday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) going up 1.53 percent, or 49.44 points, to close at 3,288.17.

A total of 1.63 billion shares changed hands with a turnover of 1.46 billion Singapore dollars (about 1.07 billion U.S. dollars). Gainers outnumbered losers by 293 to 140.

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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed up 703.37 points, or 2.56 percent, to 28,202.14 points on Wednesday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 28,022.49 and 28,224.87. Turnover totaled 105.15 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 13.43 billion U.S. dollars).

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JAKARTA -- Indonesia shares closed higher by 81.93 points, or 1.31 percent, to a level of 6,339.26 on Wednesday.

Some 485,316 transactions were booked, involving 16.8 billion copies of shares with a value of 10.3 trillion rupiah (about 721.3 million U.S. dollars).

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MUMBAI -- Indian markets closed flat on a positive note Wednesday. Among the sectors, except metal and FMCG all other indices ended in the red led by pharma, infra, IT and auto.

The benchmark S&P, BSE Sensex closed at 39,112.74, 66.40 points or 0.17 percent up compared to its previous close at 39,046.34.

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MANILA -- Philippine shares closed 1.20 percent higher on Wednesday.

The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index increased by 94.97 points to 8017.01. The all-share index went up by 37.07 points, or 0.77 percent, to 4,882.57.

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BANGKOK, June 19 (Xinhua) -- The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index Wednesday moved up 22.38 points, or 1.33 percent to close at 1,705.98 points.

Some 22.63 billion shares worth 107.57 billion baht (about 3.46 billion U.S. dollars) changed hands.

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

The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,666.54, up 13.78 points or 0.83 percent, and the Emas was at 11,698.71, up 82.25 points or 0.71 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 949.69 points on Wednesday, up 5.68 points, or 0.6 percent against the previous trading day.

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WELLINGTON -- New Zealand stock market reached a record high of 10,309.89 points during Wednesday trading and closed by 1.11 percent increase from Tuesday trading.

The S&P/NZX 50 Index climbed as high as 10,309.89, and ended the day at 10,304.83, up 113.50 points, or 1.11 percent. Within the index, 30 stocks gained, 17 retreated, and three were unchanged. Turnover was 130.5 million New Zealand dollars.

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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia's stocks finished higher on Wednesday, with the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) Index up 1.19 points, or 0.19 percent, to close at 617.27.

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SYDNEY -- The Australian share market finished sharply higher on Wednesday with solid gains across all sectors seeing the market reach an 11.5 year high.

At the market close the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was up 78.10 points or 1.19 percent at 6,648.10, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 80.60 points or 1.21 percent at 6,728.50. Enditem

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