Xinhua summary of Asia-Pacific stocks news at 1100 GMT, Oct. 24
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BEIJING -- Major Chinese stock indices ended lower Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.02 percent to end at 2,940.92 points.
The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.13 percent lower at 9,555.76 points.
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MUMBAI -- Indian markets closed flat on a negative note Thursday. HCL Tech, up 3 percent, was the top gainer on the 30-share index, while M&M was trading as the top loser, down over 1.5 percent.
The benchmark S&P, BSE Sensex closed at 39,020.39, 38.44 points or 0.10 percent down compared to its previous close at 39,058.83.
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JAKARTA, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia shares closed higher by 81.84 points, or 1.31 percent, to a level of 6,339.64 on Thursday.
Some 602,431 transactions were booked, involving 15.7 billion copies of shares with a value of 10.5 trillion rupiah (about 747.1 million U.S. dollars).
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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 993.6 points on Thursday, up 5.81 points, or 0.59 percent against the previous trading day.
Over 160 million shares worth nearly 3.7 trillion Vietnamese dong (159.3 million U.S. dollars) changed hands at the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange. Specifically, foreign investors bought nearly 9.9 million shares totaling 376 billion Vietnamese dong (16.3 million U.S. dollars), and sold nearly 16.5 million shares totaling 461 billion Vietnamese dong (20 million U.S. dollars).
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HANOI -- Stock market index of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, HNX-Index, closed at 104.64 points on Thursday, up 0.51 points or 0.49 percent from the previous trading session.
Nearly 20.1 million shares worth 204.5 billion Vietnamese dong (8.9 million U.S. dollars) were traded at the Hanoi Stock Exchange on Thursday. Specifically, foreign investors bought 249,720 shares valued at more than 2.9 billion Vietnamese dong (127,578 U.S. dollars), and sold 332,601 shares valued at over 3.2 billion Vietnamese dong (139,689 U.S. dollars).
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DHAKA -- Bangladesh's DSE (Dhaka Stock Exchange) Broad Index closed
Thursday at 4772.00 points, up 45.38 points from Wednesday's finish.
Among a total of 354 issues traded, 223 registered gains and 85 incurred losses while 46 remained unchanged.
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SINGAPORE -- Singapore stocks closed higher on Thursday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) going up 0.78 percent, or 24.59 points, to close at 3,168.87.
A total of 1.31 billion shares changed hands with a turnover of 1.1 billion Singapore dollars (about 806.92 million U.S. dollars). Gainers outnumbered losers by 244 to 136.
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KUALA LUMPUR -- The Malaysian stock market ended higher here on Thursday.
The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,571.11, up 2.32 points or 0.15 percent, and the Emas was at 11,183.74, up 8.56 points or 0.08 percent.
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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed up 231.22 points, or 0.87 percent, to 26,797.95 points on Thursday.
The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 26,592.18 and 26,810.43. Turnover totaled 68.67 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 8.76 billion U.S. dollars).
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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia's stocks finished lower on Thursday, with the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) Index down 4 points, or 0.49 percent, to close at 816.01.
A total of 6,419 shares worth 63.2 million riel (15,602 U.S. dollars) were traded, with the price of all of the five trading stocks going down. Enditem
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MANILA -- Philippine shares closed 0.22 percent higher on Thursday.
The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index increased by 17.22 points to 7,950.98. The all-share index went up by 1.96 points, or 0.04 percent, to 4,780.16.
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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks ended higher Thursday with the benchmark Nikkei stock index closing at a one-year high, as U.S. shares advancing overnight on upbeat corporate earrings buoyed the market mood amid hopes for domestic firms' solid earnings.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average gained 125.22 points, or 0.55 percent, from Wednesday to close the day at 22,750.60, marking its highest closing level since Oct. 17, 2018.
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WELLINGTON -- New Zealand stock market's indicator, the S&P/NZX 50 index, dropped by 0.21 percent to 10,832 on Thursday.
The drop was led by SeaDragon Limited, which produces refined New Zealand fish oils. It went down by 50 percent to 0.001 NZ dollars (0.00064 U.S. dollars), while Cavalier Corporation Limited, which manufactures broadloom wool carpet, jumped by 5.56 percent to 0.285 NZ dollars.
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SEOUL, Oct-- Seoul shares ended higher on Thursday.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) added 5.04 points, or 0.24 percent, to settle at 2,085.66. Trading volume stood at 352.6 million shares worth 4.6 trillion won (3.9 billion U.S. dollars).
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