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HONG KONG, April 6 (AFP): Asian stocks gave Wall Street's positive lead limited attention Wednesday with local concerns over cooling economies and corporate earnings undermining New York's improved performance.
Dealers said investors had generally cheered a slight dip in oil prices which fueled modest buying on Wall Street overnight but apart from Tokyo and Hong Kong, markets that rose on the day were driven by domestic factors.
In Asian trade, oil prices eased below 56 dollars amid expectations the US energy inventories weekly snapshot to be released later in the day would show a rise in gasoline stocks.
TOKYO: The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark Nikkei-225 index rose 52.85 points to 11,827.16. The broader TOPIX index of all first section shares gained 6.44 points or 0.54 percent to 1,196.23.
KARACHI: The KSE 100 Index on the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) declined 206.10 point leading to 7614.71 points Wednesday while its All Share Index touched 5029.37 points. The trade turnover of the KSE 100 index was 21,423,163,750 in terms of value and 189,880,920 in terms of volume.
COLOMBO: The All Share Price Index (ASPI) on the Colombo Stock Index (CSE) declined by 4.75 points or 0.27 per cent to 1,762.97 points Wednesday. On the other hand, the Milanka Price Index (MPI) declined by 3.73 points or 0.15 per cent to close at 2,422.84. The trade turnover at the stock exchange was 357,032,530 in terms of value and 14,850,602 in terms of volume.
HONG KONG: The Hang Seng Index closed up 48.85 points or 0.36 percent at 13,562.26 on turnover of 17.55 billion Hong Kong dollars.
SEOUL: The KOSPI index closed up 5.50 points at 988.00, off a high of 990.34 and a low of 975.28. Volume was 46 million shares worth 2.3 trillion won (2.3 billion dollars).
TAIPEI: The weighted index closed down 6.44 points at 6,013.49 on turnover of 63.49 billion Taiwan dollars (2.02 billion US).
SHANGHAI: The Shanghai A-share Index advanced 24.21 points to 1,274.30 on turnover of 9.76 billion yuan (1.18 billion US dollars) while the Shenzhen A-share Index was up 5.53 points or 1.78 percent at 316.69 on turnover of 6.72 billion yuan.
SYDNEY: The SP/ASX 200 shed 13.5 points to 4,118.9 while the broader All Ordinaries Index was down 11.0 points to 4,106.2.
SINGAPORE: The Straits Times Index rose 7.97 points to 2,165.78 on volume of 546 million shares valued at 566 million Singapore dollars (341 million US).
KUALA LUMPUR: The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index fell 8.06 points to 861.75 and volume was 367.80 million shares worth 862.12 million ringgit (227 million dollars) while losers outnumbered gainers 528 to 195.
JAKARTA: The Jakarta Stock Exchange composite index closed up 6.762 points at 1,103.288 on volume of 1.08 billion shares valued at 1.01 trillion rupiah (106.52 dollars).
MANILA: The Philippine Stock Exchange composite index shed 0.32 points to 1,962.38 after trading between 1,954.31 and 1,970.25.
WELLINGTON: The benchmark NZSX 50 Gross Index rose 15.11 points to 3,063.74 on turnover of 150.9 million New Zealand (106.3 million US) dollars.
BOMBAY: The Bombay Stock Exchange's 30-share Sensex rose 56.12 points to 6,606.41.
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