Asian bourse roundup

BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - Asian closing stockmarket indices:

-Bangkok: SET index 728.53 (up 2.55 pts)

-Hong Kong: Hang Seng index 18,153.41 (up 63.56 pts)

-Seoul: Composite index 1,366.50 (up 1.55 pts)

-Shanghai: A index 1,896.32 (up 48.19 pts)

B index 108.03 (up 2.26 pts)

Composite index 1,805.18 (up 45.79 pts)

SSE-180 index 3,298.80 (up 75.88 pts)

Shanghai Shenzhen 300 index 1,440.05 (up 31.34 pts)

-Sydney: S&P/ASX 200 5,317.1 (down 16.4 pts)

All Ords 5,288.4 (down 15.3 pts)

-Taipei: Weighted index 7,097.42 (up 57.16 pts)

-Tokyo: Nikkei 225 index 16,780.47 (down 8.35 pts)

-Wellington: NZSX-50 index 3,662.02 (up 6.2 pts)

-Jakarta, Manila, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore: Closed

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