Xinhua summary of Asia-Pacific stocks news at 1100 GMT, Jan. 30

BEIJING -- Chinese stocks closed lower on Wednesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.72 percent, at 2,575.57 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index closed 1.07 percent lower at 7,470.47 points. The ChiNext Index, China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, lost 1.03 percent to close at 1,230.82 points.

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DHAKA -- Bangladesh's DSE (Dhaka Stock Exchange) Broad Index closed Wednesday at 5884.11 points, down 40.42 points from Tuesdays finish.

Among a total of 344 issues traded, 102 registered gains and 213 incurred losses while 29 remained unchanged.

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? JAKARTA -- Indonesia shares closed higher by 27.70 points, or 0.43 percent, to a level of 6,464.18 on Wednesday.

Some 424,284 transactions were booked, involving 16 billion copies of shares with a value of 23.5 trillion rupiah (about 1.6 billion U.S. dollars).

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BANGKOK -- The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index Wednesday moved up 8.55 points, or 0.53 percent to close at 1,632.60 points.

Some 11.90 billion shares worth 48.71 billion baht (about 1.55 billion U.S. dollars) changed hands.

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MUMBAI -- Indian markets closed flat in volatile session on Wednesday. Among the sectors energy, FMCG, and pharma witnessed some selling pressure, while buying seen in bank, IT and metal stocks.

The benchmark S&P, BSE Sensex closed at 35,591.25, 1.25 points or 0.00 percent down compared to its previous close at 35,592.50.

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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks closed lower Wednesday as pharmaceutical issues weighed heavily on the market following the failure of a prominent drug trial, while a circumspect mood led the overall market ahead of key financial events this week.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average dropped 108.10 points, or 0.52 percent, from Tuesday to close the day at 20,556.54.

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SINGAPORE -- Singapore stocks closed lower on Wednesday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) going down 0.42 percent, or 13.31 points, to close at 3,174.38.

A total of 1.40 billion shares changed hands with a turnover of 1.17 billion Singapore dollars (about 866.67 million U.S. dollars). Gainers outnumbered losers by 215 to 166.

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

The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,684.11, down 6.30 points or 0.37 percent, and the Emas was at 11,657.12 down, 45.58 points or 0.39 percent.

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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed up 111.17 points, or 0.40 percent, to 27,642.85 points on Wednesday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 27,369.75 and 27,642.85. Turnover totaled 94.76 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 12.09 billion U.S. dollars).

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VIENTIANE -- The Lao stock market closed on Wednesday increased 0.89 percent compared to the previous trading day.

The Lao Securities Exchange composite index increased 7.32 points, reaching 825.58 points after closing.

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HANOI -- Stock market index of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, HNX-Index, closed at 102.71 points on Wednesday, up 0.44 points or 0.43 percent from the previous trading session.

Nearly 21.8 million shares worth 330.5 billion Vietnamese dong (14.4 million U.S. dollars) were traded at the Hanoi Stock Exchange on Wednesday. Specifically, foreign investors bought more than 1.3 million shares valued at 24.9 billion Vietnamese dong (over 1 million U.S. dollars), and sold 289,600 shares valued at roughly 4 billion Vietnamese dong (172,174 U.S. dollars).

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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks closed lower Wednesday as pharmaceutical issues weighed following the failure of a prominent drug trial, while a circumspect mood led the overall market ahead of key financial events this week.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average dropped 108.10 points, or 0.52 percent, from Tuesday to close the day at 20,556.54.

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MANILA -- Philippine shares closed 0.88 percent lower on Wednesday.

The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index decreased by 70.87 points to 7,979.95. The all-share index went down by 32.19 points, or 0.66 percent, to 4,824.53.

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SEOUL -- Seoul shares ended higher Wednesday.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) gained 22.84 points, or 1.05 percent, to settle at 2,206.20. Trading volume stood at 469 million shares worth 6.8 trillion won (6.1 billion U.S. dollars).

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SYDNEY -- The Australian share market finished higher on Wednesday with solid gains in the drilling and mining sectors offsetting losses across the rest of the index.

At the close of market the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was up 12.50 points or 21 percent at 5,886.70, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 11.60 points or 0.20 percent at 5,951.10.

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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia's stocks finished lower on Wednesday, with the Cambodia Securities Exchange Index down 33.55 points, or 5.02 percent, to close at 634.6.

A total of 36,028 shares worth 247.2 million riel (61,563 U.S. dollars) were traded. Enditem

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