Xinhua summary of Asia-Pacific stocks news at 1100 GMT, Nov. 6
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BEIJING -- Chinese stocks closed lower on Wednesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.43 percent, at 2,978.60 points.
The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.78 percent lower at 9,860.96 points.
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BANGKOK -- The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index Wednesday moved down 2.88 points, or 0.18 percent, to close at 1,623.99 points.
Some 23.57 billion shares worth 62.18 billion baht (about 2.06 billion U.S. dollars) changed hands.
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MUMBAI -- Indian markets closed higher Wednesday.
The benchmark S&P, BSE Sensex closed at 40,469.78, 221.55 points or 0.55 percent up compared to its previous close at 40,248.23.
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JAKARTA -- Indonesia shares closed lower by 46,60 points, or 0.74 percent, to a level of 6,217.54 on Wednesday.
Some 560,760 transactions were booked, involving 15.9 billion copies of shares with a value of 9.1 trillion rupiah (about 649 million U.S. dollars).
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SINGAPORE -- Singaporean stocks closed higher on Wednesday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) going up 0.43 percent, or 14.06 points, to close at 3,262.69.
A total of 1.71 billion shares changed hands with a turnover of 1.40 billion Singapore dollars (about 1.03 billion U.S. dollars). Gainers outnumbered losers by 209 to 177.
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KUALA LUMPUR -- The Malaysian stock market ended lower here on Wednesday.
The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,603.25 down 3.49 points or 0.22 percent, and the Emas was at 11,343.31 down 30.42 points or 0.27 percent.
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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed up 5.24 points, or 0.02 percent, to 27,688.64 points on Wednesday.
The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 27,547.77 and 27,750.91. Turnover totaled 72.86 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 9.31 billion U.S. dollars).
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HANOI -- Stock market index of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, HNX-Index, closed at 106.75 points on Wednesday, up 0.04 points or 0.04 percent from the previous trading session.
More than 19.1 million shares worth over 407.8 billion Vietnamese dong (12.5 million U.S. dollars) were traded at the Hanoi Stock Exchange on Wednesday. Specifically, foreign investors bought 155,565 shares valued at nearly 1.4 billion Vietnamese dong (59,880 U.S. dollars), and sold 335,758 shares valued at nearly 6.4 billion Vietnamese dong (276,530 U.S. dollars).
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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks closed higher Wednesday with the benchmark Nikkei stock index ending at a fresh 13-month high.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average added 51.83 points, or 0.22 percent, from Tuesday to close the day at 23,303.82, marking its highest closing level since Oct. 10 last year.
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MANILA -- Philippine shares closed 2.32 percent lower on Wednesday.
The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index decreased by 190.80 points to 8025.88. The all-share index went down by 83.01 points, or 1.70 percent, to 4,804.36.
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WELLINGTON -- New Zealand stock market's indicator, the S&P/NZX 50 index, dropped 0.76 percent to 10,759.18 on Wednesday.
Genesis Energy, decreased 0.8 percent, to 3.16 New Zealand dollars, while Mercury NZ declined 1.6 percent, to 4.79 dollars.
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SEOUL -- Seoul shares ended higher Wednesday.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) added 1.51 points, or 0.07 percent, to settle at 2,144.15. Trading volume stood at 403 million shares worth 5.5 trillion won (4.8 billion U.S. dollars).
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SYDNEY -- The Australian share market finished firmly lower on Wednesday, with broad losses led by tech and industrials, despite materials edging higher.
At the market close, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was down 36.90 points or 0.55 percent at 6,660.20, while the broader All Ordinaries index was down 38.40 points or 0.56 percent at 6,773.20. Enditem
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