Xinhua summary of Asia-Pacific stocks news at 1100 GMT, Nov. 19

The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index increased by 30.
69 points to 3,083.30, while the all-share index went up by 12.91
points, or 0.68 percent to 1,919.19

The trade volume reached 2.4 billion shares worth 3.060 billion
pesos (65.5 million U.S. dollars).

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HANOI -- Vietnam's stock market index, the VN-Index, closed at
560.05 points on Thursday, up 6.22 points, or 1.12 percent,
against the previous trading day.

A total of 62.58 million shares worth 3.27 trillion Vietnamese
dong (VND) (182.95 million U.S. dollars) changed hands at the Ho
Chi Minh City Stock Exchange.

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SHANGHAI -- China's benchmark Shanghai Composite Index on the
Shanghai Stock Exchange closed at 3,320.61 points Thursday, up 0.
53 percent, or 17.38 points, from the previous close.

The total turnover was 194.73 billion yuan (28.64 billion U.S.
dollars).

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SHENZHEN -- The Shenzhen Component Index on the Shenzhen Stock
Exchange closed at 13,699.55 points Thursday, up 57.20 points or
0. 42 percent, from the previous close.

The total turnover was 125.47 billion yuan (13.02 billion U.S.
dollars).

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SEOUL -- South Korean stocks closed higher Thursday on foreign
buying.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) jumped
16.57 points, or 1.03 percent, to 1,620.54, hitting near a one-
month high.

The volume was thin at 271.7 million shares worth 4.65 trillion
won (4.02 billion U.S. dollars).

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TOKYO -- The Nikkei stock index fell sharply Thursday to a
four- month closing low near 9,500 as investors began to sell
stocks amid growing worries about economic uncertainties.

The benchmark 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average lost 127.33
points, or 1.32 percent, from Wednesday to 9,549.47, its lowest
close since July 17, after dipping as low as 9,496.07 at one
point.

The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the
Tokyo Stock Exchange was down 12.35 points, or 1.45 percent, to
837.71, its lowest since April 28.

Trading was active with volume on the main section coming to 2,
558.25 million shares, up from Wednesday's 2,263.80 million.

The TSE's Second Section index was down 15.29 points, or 0.77
percent, to 1,979.58 on a volume of 54.59 million shares. On the
Osaka Securities Exchange, the near-term December Nikkei 225 index
futures contract was down 120 points to 9,550.

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TAIPEI -- Share prices on the Taiwan stock market closed lower
Thursday, with the weighted index moving down 6.71 points, or 0.09
percent, to close at 7,759.98.

The local bourse opened little changed at 7,767.98 and
fluctuated between 7,797.41 and 7,751.06 during the day's trading,
with 4.48 billion shares changing hands on market turnover of 138.
01 billion new Taiwan dollars (about 4.32 billion U.S. dollars).

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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks fell 197.17 points, or 0.86
percent, to close at 22,643.16 on Thursday.

The turnover moved down to 69.28 billion HK dollars ( about 8.
95 billion U. S.dollars) from Wednesday's 76.69 billion HK dollars
(about 9.91 billion U. S. dollars).

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WELLINGTON -- The New Zealand sharemarket rose when other
markets faltered on Thursday. The stock market closed 0.41 percent
higher with the benchmark NZSX-50 up 12.77 points at 3141.18, and
a turnover of 53 million NZ dollars (39.1 million U.S. dollars

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JAKARTA -- Indonesian shares closed lower on Thursday after
shares of PT Astra International Tbk, one of the market's movers,
decreased sharply.

The market index closed 15.441 points (0.62 percent) lower to
2, 468.788 with a transaction volume of 9.408 billion shares worth
3. 817 trillion rupiah (about 381.7 million U.S. dollars.

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DHAKA -- Bangladesh's main bourse -- the Dhaka Stock Exchange
All Shares Price Index (DSI), the benchmark index, closed at
3,436. 36 points on Thursday, up 52.98 points or 1.57 percent from
Tuesday's finish.

The total turnover surged to about 8.62 billion taka (about
123. 13 million U.S. dollars) on Thursday from about 8.16 billion
taka (about 116.59 million U.S. dollars) on Wednesday.

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COLOMBO -- Share prices on the Colombo Stock Exchange closed
down on Thursday, with the key Colombo All Share Price Index
decreasing by 10.13 points or 0.34 percent to close at 2,960.77
points.

The highly capitalized Milanka Price Index also decreased by 15
points or 0.44 percent to close at 3,361.44 points.

A total turnover of 711.13 million rupees (about 6.18 million
U. S. dollars) was recorded during the day with a volume of 19.10
million shares being traded.

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CANBERRA -- The Australian share market inched higher on
Thursday on the back of a stronger resources sector.

The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed up 10.2 points, or 0.22
percent, at 4,749.2 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index
gained 8.2 points, or 0.17 percent, to 4,767.8 points.

National market turnover was 2.5 billion shares worth 4.4
billion dollars (4.06 billion U.S. dollars), with 525 stocks up,
603 down and 333 steady.

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SINGAPORE -- The shares prices in Singapore rose 13.75 points
or 0.5 percent on Thursday with the benchmark Straits Times Index
(STI) closing at 2,758.79 points.

The overall volume stood at 1.28 billion shares worth 1.25
billion Singapore dollars (about 0.9 billion U.S. dollars).

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KUALA LUMPUR -- The Malaysia stock market ended higher here on
Thursday.

The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,276.65 up 1.55
points or 0.12 percent, and the Emas was at 8,522.32 up 0.96 of a
point or 0.01 percent.

The turnover increased to 1.35 billion shares valued at 2.69
billion ringgit Malaysia (792.81 million U.S. dollars), compared
with 945.20 million shares valued at 1.02 billion ringgit Malaysia
(302.67 million U.S. dollars) on Wednesday.

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BANGKOK -- The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) composite index
on Thursday moved down 6.84 points or 0.97 percent to close at
700. 42 points.

Some 2.79 billion shares worth 14.05 billion baht (about 423.58
million U.S. dollars) changed hands.

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MUMBAI -- The Indian stock benchmark Sensex closed lower
Thursday at 16,785.65 points, down 213.13 points or 1.25 percent
from the previous closing Wednesday.

The total turnover was 222 million U.S. dollars.

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