Xinhua summary of Asia-Pacific stocks news at 1100 GMT, Jan. 6
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KUALA LUMPUR -- The Malaysian stock market ended lower here on Monday.
The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,597.76, down 13.62 points or 0.85 percent, and the Emas was at 11,387.20, down 88.38 points or 0.77 percent.
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SINGAPORE -- Singapore stocks closed lower on Monday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) going down 0.62 percent, or 19.96 points, to close at 3,218.86.
A total of 1.32 billion shares changed hands with a turnover of 1.02 billion Singapore dollars (about 755.44 million U.S. dollars). Losers outnumbered gainers by 277 to 154.
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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia's stocks finished lower on Monday, with the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) Index down 3.07 points, or 0.4 percent, to close at 763.13.
A total of 19,808 shares worth 105.3 million riel (25,838 U.S. dollars) were traded, the CSX said, adding that 70 percent of the traded shares belonged to Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PWSA).
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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed down 225.31 points, or 0.79 percent, to 28,226.19 points on Monday.
The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 28,054.29 and 28,367.87. Turnover totaled 91.61 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 11.79 billion U.S. dollars).
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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks closed sharply lower on Monday, the first trading day of 2020, as rising tensions in the Middle East saw the yen surge as investors piled into safe-haven assets amid a risk-off mood.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average dropped 451.76 points, or 1.91 percent, from Dec. 30 to close the day at 23,204.86.
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MANILA -- Philippine shares closed 0.53 percent lower on Monday.
The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index decreased by 41.92 points to 7,797.87. The all-share index went down by 22.21 points, or 0.48 percent, to 4,633.33.
Trading volume reached 664.04 million shares worth 4.10 billion pesos (81.18 million U.S. dollars).
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WELLINGTON -- New Zealand stock market's indicator, the S&P/NZX 50 index, jumped by 0.28 percent to 11,627 on Monday.
The jump was led by New Zealand Oil & Gas Limited, which went up by 10.24 percent to 0.7 NZ dollars (0.466 U.S. dollars), while PaySauce Limited dropped by 21.64 percent to 1.05 NZ dollars.
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SEOUL -- Seoul shares ended lower Monday.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) dived 21.39 points, or 0.98 percent, to settle at 2,155.07. Trading volume stood at 587.5 million shares worth 5.1 trillion won (4.4 billion U.S. dollars).
South Korea's currency finished at 1,172.1 won against the greenback, down 5.0 won from the previous close.
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BANGKOK -- The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index Monday moved down 26.47 points, or 1.66 percent to close at 1,568.50 points.
Some 22.62 billion shares worth 71.21 billion baht (about 2.37 billion U.S. dollars) changed hands.
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HANOI -- Stock market index of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, HNX-Index, closed at 101.23 points on Monday, down 1.16 points or 1.13 percent from the previous trading session.
Prices of 38 stocks went up, 74 stocks dropped, while 255 stocks remained unchanged.
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MUMBAI-- Indian markets closed lower on Monday amid across-the-board selling.
Tensions in the Middle East lifted crude prices, stoking fears of inflationary pressure as well as a rise in the import bill for the country's oil consumers.
The benchmark S&P, BSE Sensex closed at 40,676.63, 787.98 points or 1.90 percent down compared to its previous close at 41,464.61.
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DHAKA -- Bangladesh's DSE (Dhaka Stock Exchange) Broad Index closed Monday at 4,331.96 points, down 68.18 points from Sunday's finish.
Among a total of 355 issues traded, 63 registered gains and 253 incurred losses while 39 remained unchanged. Enditem
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