BEIJING -- Chinese stocks closed lower on Tuesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.18 percent, at 3,356.84 points.
The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.62 percent lower at 11,083.90 points. The ChiNext Index, which tracks China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, lost 0.77 percent to close at 1,880.30 points.
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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed down 108.36 points, or 0.38 percent, to 28,051.41 points on Tuesday.
The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 28,032.17 and 28,248.12. Turnover totaled 99.64 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 12.77 billion U.S. dollars). Enditem
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BANGKOK -- The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index Tuesday moved up 2.39 points, or 0.14 percent to close at 1,672.59 points.
Some 12.69 billion shares worth 68.72 billion baht (about 2.08 billion U.S. dollars) changed hands.
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JAKARTA -- Indonesia shares closed higher by 16.71 points, or 0.28 percent, to a level of 5,901.32 on Tuesday.
Some 326,964 transactions were booked, involving 6.7 billion copies of shares with a value of 6.4 trillion rupiah (about 482 million U.S. Dollars).
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MUMBAI -- Indian markets closed flat on a negative note Tuesday. Equity benchmarks saw some selling pressure amid consolidation in morning trade.
The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex closed at 32,402.37, 21.39 points or 0.07 percent down compared to its previous close at 32,423.76.
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SINGAPORE -- Singapore stocks closed lower on Tuesday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) dropping 0.49 percent or 15.9 points to close at 3,225.95.
A total of 1.58 billion shares changed hands with a turnover of 1.04 billion Singapore dollars (about 768.68 million U.S. dollars). Losers outnumbered gainers by 227 to 184.
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KUALA LUMPUR -- The Malaysian stock market ended lower here on Tuesday.
The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,776.66, down 7.00 points or 0.39 percent, and the Emas was at 12,654.52, down 44.24 points or 0.35 percent.
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MANILA -- Philippine shares closed 1.59 percent lower on Tuesday.
The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index decreased by 131.44 points to 8,162.70. The all-share index went down by 58.27 points, or 1.19 percent, to 4,828.21.
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HANOI -- Stock market index of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, HNX-Index, closed at 104.73 points on Tuesday, down 0.4 points or 0.38 percent against the previous trading session.
Over 53.200 million shares worth some 566.419 billion Vietnamese dong (some 25.2 million U.S. dollars) were traded at the Hanoi Stock Exchange on Tuesday, a decrease of 33.2 percent in volume and 26.9 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 south Vietnam, closed at 805.93 points on Tuesday, down 1.94 points, or 0.24 percent, against the previous trading day's closing session.
About 172.848 million shares worth 3.817 trillion Vietnamese dong (VND) (170.09 million U.S. dollars) changed hands at the southern HCM City Stock Exchange. Prices of 123 stocks went up, 148 stocks fell down, while 45 stocks remained unchanged.
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SEOUL -- Seoul shares ended lower on Tuesday.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) lost 2.16 points, or 0.09 percent, to settle at 2,416.05. Trading volume stood at 248.4 million shares worth 5.2 trillion won (4.3 billion U.S. dollars).
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VIENTIANE -- The Lao stock market closed on Tuesday down 0.58 percent compared to the previous trading day.
The Lao Securities Exchange composite index decreased by 5.95 points to reach 1,028.13 points after closing.
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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks closed higher Tuesday, with the benchmark Nikkei stock index finishing at a more than two-year high, as investors sentiment was bolstered by Wall Street's advance and a weaker yen.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average added 389.88 points, or 1.96 percent, from Friday to close the day at 20,299.38, marking its highest closing level since August 2015. Enditem
