The Philippine stock market finished 0.17 percent lower on Tuesday. Trading volume reached 2.24 billion shares worth 33.37 billion pesos (770.49 million U.S. dollars) with 61 issues advancing, 58 declining and 53 unchanged. WELLINGTON -- New Zealand shares ended the day lower, joining a sell-off across Asian equity markets as investors fretted about the impact of a weak U.S. dollar on export earnings. The sharemarket closed 0.1 percent lower with the benchmark NZSX-50 down 4.3 points at 3285.4, and a turnover of 129.3 million NZ dollars (97.96 million U.S. dollars). HANOI -- Vietnam's stock market index, VN-Index, closed at 455. 12 points on Tuesday, up 6.51 points, or 1.45 percent, against the previous trading day. A total of 34.95 million shares worth 830.69 billion Vietnamese dong (VND) (42.62 million U.S. dollars) changed hands at the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange. TOKYO -- Japanese stocks ended slightly lower in quiet trading Tuesday as a strong yen continued to weigh on market sentiment. Trading volume on the main section increased to 1,540.08 million shares from Monday's 1,403.30 million. SEOUL -- South Korean shares closed higher on Tuesday. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) gained 3.7 points, or 0.19 percent, to close at 1,919.41. Trading volume was moderate at 343.6 million shares, worth 6.4 trillion won (5.7 billion U.S. dollars), with gainers leading losers 464 to 357. SHANGHAI -- China's benchmark Shanghai Composite Index on the Shanghai Stock Exchange closed at 3,041.54 Tuesday, down 9.88 points, or 0.32 percent, from the previous close. Turnover was 260.36 billion yuan (39.03 billion U.S. dollars). SHENZHEN -- The Shenzhen Component Index on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange closed down Tuesday to end at 13,729.96 points, down 4.23 points, or 0.03 percent. Turnover was 195.54 billion yuan (29.32 billion U.S. dollars). SYDNEY -- The Australian share market closed weaker on Tuesday, dragged down by financial stocks and profit-taking after recent gains. Market turnover was 3.08 billion shares worth 5.63 billion AU dollars (5.58 U.S. dollars). HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed down 26.67 points, or 0.11 percent, at 23,601.24 on Tuesday. Turnover totaled 83.31 billion HK dollars (about 10.74 billion U.S. dollars) compared with Monday's 85.7 billion HK dollars (1 U. S. dollar equals 7.758 HK dollars). SINGAPORE -- The shares prices in Singapore fell 19.57 points or 0.62 percent on Tuesday with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) closing at 3,162.51 points. The overall volume stood at 1.65 billion shares worth 1.79 billion Singapore dollars (about 1.39 billion U.S. dollars). TAIPEI -- Taiwan's share prices closed higher Tuesday with the weighted index up 36.25 points, or 0.43 percent, to close at 8,343. 23. Turnover totaled 119.49 billion new Taiwan dollars (about 3.93 billion U.S. dollars). JAKARTA -- Indonesian shares were closed higher on Tuesday, supported by banking and infrastructure shares, detikcom online news reported here. The market index was closed 10.61 points (0.29 percent) higher to 3,654.1 with transaction volume of 6.38 billion shares valued at 6.75 trillion rupiah (about 757.7 million U.S. dollars). BANGKOK -- The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index on Tuesday moved up 3.80 points, or 0.38 percent to close at 996.04 points. Some 4.26 billion shares worth 34.24 billion baht (about 1.15 billion U.S. dollars) changed hands. KUALA LUMPUR -- The Malaysia stock market ended higher on Tuesday. There were 454 gainers, 361 losers and 284 counters traded unchanged. Turnover increased to 1.38 billion shares valued at 1.87 billion ringgit Malaysia (603.81 million U.S. dollars). MUMBAI -- The Indian stock benchmark Sensex lost 81.73 points or 0.4 percent Tuesday on weaker global markets. The turnover with Sensex totaled 151 million U.S. dollars Tuesday, from 163.8 million U.S. dollars in the previous session. 