BEIJING -- Chinese stocks closed lower on Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.35 percent to close at 3,378.8 points.
The Shenzhen Component Index closed 1.12 percent lower at 11,271.2 points.
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MUMBAI -- Indian markets closed higher Monday. Equity benchmarks continued to trade strong, backed by metals, auto, pharma, IT and FMCG stocks.
The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex closed at 32,633.64, 200.95 points or 0.62 percent up compared to its previous close at 32,432.69.
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KUALA LUMPUR -- The Malaysian stock market ended mixed here on Monday.
The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,754.37 down 0.95 points or 0.05 percent, and the Emas was at 12,594.49 up 14.80 points or 0.12 percent.
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SINGAPORE -- Singaporean stocks closed higher on Monday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) rising 0.12 percent or 3.95 points to close at 3323.06.
The STI index closed up 0.49 percent or 16.02 points to close at 3319.11 last Friday.
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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed up 216.37 points, or 0.76 percent, to 28,692.8 points on Monday.
The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 28,620.38 and 28,792.06. Turnover totaled 103.28 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 13.24 billion U.S. dollars).
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HANOI -- Stock market index of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, HNX-Index, closed at 109.3 points on Monday, up 0.2 points or 0.18 percent against the previous trading session.
Over 44.973 million shares worth some 523.309 billion Vietnamese dong (some 23.3 million U.S. dollars) were traded at the Hanoi Stock Exchange on Monday, an increase of 11.9 percent in volume and 1.6 percent in value against the previous trading session.
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HO CHI MINH CITY -- VN-Index, the stock market index of Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City bourse in southern Vietnam, closed at 819.43 points on Monday, down 1.52 points, or 0.19 percent, against last Friday's closing session.
VN30-Index, the new benchmark index for the southern bourse, which tracks the 30 leading stocks by both market capitalization and liquidity, closed at 811.85 points, down 1.52 points or 0.19 percent.
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SEOUL -- Seoul shares ended higher on Monday.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) gained 6.43 points, or 0.26 percent, to settle at 2,480.05. Trading volume stood at 223 million shares worth 6.1 trillion won (5.4 billion U.S. dollars).
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SYDNEY -- The Australian market rallied on Monday to reach its highest level in over five months.
At the close of trade, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was up 32.60 points or 0.56 percent at 5,846.80, while the broader All Ordinaries index rose 32.50 points or 0.55 percent at 5,917.20. Enditem
