BEIJING -- Chinese stocks closed lower on Wednesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 1.27 percent, at 2,744.07 points.
The Shenzhen Component Index closed 2.02 percent lower at 8,499.22 points.
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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks closed marginally lower Wednesday in choppy trade as investors opted to take profits ahead of potentially tricky U.S.-Japan trade talks the following day.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average edged down 18.43 points, or 0.08 percent, from Tuesday to close the day at 22,644.31.
The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, meanwhile, lost 1.34 points, or 0.08 percent, to finish at 1,744.71.
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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed up 110.26 points, or 0.39 percent, to 28,359.14 points on Wednesday.
The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 28,224.46 and 28,473.48. Turnover totaled 93.10 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 11.86 billion U.S. dollars).
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BANGKOK -- The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index Wednesday moved up 14.38 points, or 0.84 percent to close at 1,721.64 points.
Some 13.34 billion shares worth 54.34 billion baht (about 1.64 billion U.S. dollars) changed hands.
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DHAKA -- Bangladesh's DSE (Dhaka Stock Exchange) Broad Index closed Wednesday at 5405.95 points, up 24.07 points from Tuesday's finish.
Total turnover reached to about 7.24 billion taka (about 86.03 million U.S. dollars) on Wednesday.
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MUMBAI -- Indian markets closed higher Wednesday. The benchmark indices extended their gains in the final hour of trading.
The benchmark S&P, BSE Sensex closed at 37,887.56, 221.76 points or 0.59 percent up compared to its previous close at 37,665.80.
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KUALA LUMPUR -- The Malaysian stock market ended higher here on Wednesday.
The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,804.73 up 13.64 points or 0.76 percent, and the Emas was at 12769.47 up 103.96 points or 0.82 percent.
Turnover increased to 2.77 billion shares valued at 2.71 billion ringgit Malaysia (665.85 million U.S. dollars), compared with 2.53 billion shares valued at 2.33 billion ringgit Malaysia (571.18 million U.S. dollars) on Tuesday.
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SINGAPORE -- Singapore stocks closed lower on Wednesday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) went down 0.4 percent or 13.26 points to close at 3,326.74.
A total of 1.86 billion shares changed hands with a turnover of 1.31 billion Singapore dollars (about 959.45 million U.S. dollars).
The STI index closed up 1.66 percent or 54.66 points to close at 3,340.00 on Tuesday.
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HO CHI MINH CITY -- VN-Index, the stock market index of Ho Chi Minh City bourse in southern Vietnam, closed at 966.27 points on Wednesday, up 9.48 points, or 0.99 percent, against the previous trading day's closing session.
Over 155.165 million shares worth 3.596 trillion Vietnamese dong (156.3 million U.S. dollars) changed hands at the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange.
On Wednesday, VN30-Index, the new benchmark index for the southern bourse, which tracks the 30 leading stocks by both market capitalization and liquidity, closed at 945.89 points, up 8.97 points or 0.96 percent.
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HANOI -- Stock market index of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, HNX-Index, closed at 107.67 points on Wednesday, up 1.96 points or 0.85 percent against the previous trading session.
Nearly 45.5 million shares worth over 679 billion Vietnamese dong (more than 29.5 million U.S. dollars) were traded at the Hanoi Stock Exchange on Wednesday.
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MANILA -- Philippine shares closed 1.63 percent higher on Wednesday.
The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index increased by 125.61 points to 7,851.46. The all-share index went up by 73.02 points, or 1.58 percent, to 4,708.61.
Trading volume reached 1.25 billion shares worth 8.63 billion pesos (163.18 million U.S. dollars).
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SEOUL -- Seoul shares ended slightly higher Wednesday.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) added 1.29 points, or 0.06 percent, to settle at 2,301.45. Trading volume stood at 280 million shares worth 5 trillion won (4.5 billion U.S. dollars).
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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia's stocks finished higher on Wednesday, with the Cambodia Securities Exchange Index up 1.3 points, or 0.4 percent, to close at 325.14.
A total of 5,315 shares worth 18.8 million riel (4,643 U.S. dollars) were traded.
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VIENTIANE -- The Lao stock market closed on Wednesday up 0.80 percent compared to the previous trading day.
The Lao Securities Exchange composite index increased by 6.97 points to reach 881.10 points after closing.
A total of 40,500 shares worth about 166 million Lao kip (nearly 19,703 U.S. dollars) changed hands at the stock market.
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SYDNEY -- The Australian share market closed higher on Wednesday, riding on latest profit figures from the country's largest lender and support from the mining sector.
At the close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 stock index was up 14.6 points or 0.23 percent at 6,268.5, while the broader All Ordinaries index added 14.1 points or 0.22 percent at 6,354.9. Enditem
