Summary of Asia-Pacific stocks news - May 19

MANILA — Philippine stocks closed 1.31 percent lower on Wednesday.

The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index decreased by 42. 88 points to 3,222.19. The all-share index went down by 26.70 points, or 1.30 percent, to 2,032.26.

The trade volume reached 5.09 billion shares worth 3.26 billion pesos (72.06 million U.S. dollars).

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SEOUL — South Korean stocks closed lower Wednesday on weak investor sentiment due to European debt woes.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) went down 13.16 points, or 0.8 percent, to 1,630.08, the third consecutive downward session.

Trading volume was moderate at 405.4 million shares worth 6.64 trillion won (5.7 billion U.S. dollars), with losers outpacing gainers 545 to 281.

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TOKYO — Japanese stocks fell Wednesday, with the key Nikkei index briefly hitting a three-month intraday low on stronger yen against the euro.

After tumbling to as low as 10,041.93 in the morning, the lowest since Feb. 16, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average trimmed earlier losses to end the day down 55.80 points, or 0.54 percent, to 10,186.84.

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HONG KONG — Hong Kong stocks closed down 360.50 points, or 1. 81 percent, at 19,584.44 on Wednesday.

Turnover totaled 58.52 billion HK dollars compared with Tuesday ’s 57.67 billion HK dollars (1 U.S. dollar equals to 7.799 HK dollars).

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HANOI — Vietnam’s stock market index, the VN-Index, closed at 494.9 points on Wednesday, down 13.40 points, or 2.64 percent, against the previous trading day.

A total of 60.06 million shares worth 1.97 trillion Vietnamese dong (VND) (104.8 million U.S. dollars) changed hands at the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange. Prices of seven stocks went up, 212 dropped while 13 remained unchanged.

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TAIPEI — Taiwan’s share prices closed lower on Wednesday with the weighted index falling 26.14 points, or 0.34 percent, to close at 7,559.16, according to news reaching here from Taipei.

The local bourse opened at 7,527.62 and fluctuated between 7, 467.2 and 7,588.09 during the day’s trading. Turnover totaled 97. 51 billion new Taiwan dollars (about 3.05 billion U.S. dollars).

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SINGAPORE — The shares prices in Singapore fell 69.81 points or 2.45 percent on Wednesday with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) closing at 2,774.54 points.

The overall volume stood at 1.50 billion shares worth 1.75 billion Singapore dollars (about 0.81 billion U.S. dollars).

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KUALA LUMPUR — The Malaysia stock market ended lower here on Wednesday.

The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,308.23 down 21. 94 points or 1.68 percent, and the Emas was at 8,791.11 down 156. 79 points or 1.78 percent.

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DHAKA — Bangladesh’s Dhaka Stock Exchange All Shares Price Index (DSI) closed at 4,870.18 points on Wednesday, up 36.47 points or 0.75 percent from Tuesday’s finish.

The total turnover came down to about 19.40 billion taka (about 277.13 million U.S. dollars) on Wednesday from about 20.41 billion taka (about 291.63 million U.S. dollars) on Tuesday.

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JAKARTA — Share prices on the Indonesia Stock Exchange closed lower on Wednesday as investors were under the negative influence of the world markets.

The composite index decreased 104.74 points (3.69 percent) to close at 2,729 with 5.5 billion shares worth 5 trillion rupiah ( some 550 million U.S. dollars) changing hands.

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COLOMBO — Share prices on the Colombo Stock Exchange closed lower on Wednesday with the key Colombo All Share Price Index down 14.13 points or 0.33 percent to close at 4,243.54 points.

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MUMBAI — The Indian stock benchmark Sensex dived 467 points or 2.77 percent Wednesday.

The index saw sharp decrease in the second half of trading session and ended at 16,408.49 points.

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SHANGHAI — China’s benchmark Shanghai Composite Index on the Shanghai Stock Exchange closed at 2,587.81 points Wednesday, down 0.27 percent, or 6.98 points, from the previous close.

A Share Index: 2,713.65 points, down 7.25 points, or 0.27 percent;

B Share Index: 210.79 points, down 1.55 points, or 0.73 percent;

Total Turnover: 76.63 billion yuan (11.2 billion U.S. dollars).

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SHENZHEN — The Shenzhen Component Index on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange closed at 9,991.4 points Wednesday, down 12.41 points, or 0.12 percent, from the previous close.

A Share Index: 10,751.08 points, down 12.07 points, or 0.11 percent;

B Share Index: 3,935.34 points, down 52.48 points, or 1.32 percent;

Total Turnover: 62.9 billion yuan (9.21 billion U.S. dollars).




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