Xinhua summary of Asia-Pacific stocks news at 1100 GMT, June 21
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BEIJING -- Chinese stocks closed higher on Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.5 percent, at 3,001.98 points.
The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.87 percent higher at 9,214.27 points.
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BANGKOK -- The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index Friday moved down 0.68 points, or 0.04 percent to close at 1,717.14 points.
Some 19.62 billion shares worth 81.23 billion baht (about 2.64 billion U.S. dollars) changed hands.
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MUMBAI -- Indian markets closed lower Friday as the benchmark S&P, BSE Sensex closed at 39,194.49, 407.14 points or 1.03 percent down, compared to its previous close at 39,601.63.
The Indian indices wiped out most of its previous session gains and ended on weak note. Except PSU Bank all other sectoral indices ended lower led by the auto, pharma, energy, metal, IT, infra and FMCG.
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JAKARTA -- Indonesia shares closed lower by 20.26 points, or 0.32 percent, to a level of 6,315.43 on Friday.
Some 466,105 transactions were booked, involving 18.1 billion copies of shares with a value of 19.6 trillion rupiah (about 1.3 billion U.S. dollars).
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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks closed lower Friday as investors opted to secure gains after recent rises, with a firm yen against the U.S. dollar impacting exporters while geopolitical concerns also dented sentiment.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average dropped 204.22 points, or 0.95 percent, from Thursday to close the day at 21,258.64.
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SINGAPORE -- Singapore stocks closed higher on Friday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) going up 0.21 percent, or 6.89 points, to close at 3,321.4.
A total of 1.77 billion shares changed hands with a turnover of 1.67 billion Singapore dollars (about 1.23 billion U.S. dollars). Gainers outnumbered losers by 222 to 200.
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KUALA LUMPUR -- The Malaysian stock market ended higher here on Friday.
The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,682.23 up 6.80 points or 0.41 percent, and the Emas was at 11,849.51 up 63.23 points or 0.54 percent.
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VIENTIANE -- The Lao stock market closed on Friday with a decrease of 1.55 percent compared to the previous trading day.
The Lao Securities Exchange composite index decreased by 12.53 points, reaching 793.75 points after closing.
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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed down 76.72 points, or 0.27 percent, to 28,473.71 points on Friday.
The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 28,359.25 and 28,581.51. Turnover totaled 118.57 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 15.18 billion U.S. dollars).
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MANILA -- Philippine shares closed 0.41 percent higher on Friday.
The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index increased by 33.05 points to 8055.47. The all-share index went up by 36.43 points, or 0.75 percent, to 4927.81.
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SEOUL -- Seoul shares ended lower Friday.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) lost 5.67 points, or 0.27 percent, to settle at 2,125.62. Trading volume stood at 680 million shares worth 5.1 trillion won (4.3 billion U.S. dollars).
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SYDNEY -- The Australian share market finished lower on Friday, putting an end to a three day winning streak.
At the market close the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 was down 36.60 points or 0.55 percent at 6,650.80, while the broader All Ordinaries index was down 33.60 points or 0.50 percent at 6,734.30.
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WELLINGTON -- New Zealand stock market's indicator, the S&P/NZX 50 index, jumped slightly by 0.35 percent to 10,327 on Friday.
The rise was led by listed investment company Barramundi Limited, which was up 17.65 percent to 0.02 NZ dollars (0.013 U.S. dollars), while SeaDragon Limited, which manufactures refined fish oils, dropped by 50 percent to 0.001 NZ dollars.
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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia's stocks finished lower on Friday, with the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) Index down 1.51 points, or 0.25 percent, to close at 612.25.
A total of 9,560 shares worth 40.96 million riel (10,051 U.S. dollars) were traded. Enditem
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