Philippine stocks closed 2.88 percent lower on Wednesday. The bellwether Philippine Stock Exchange index fell by 72.42 points to 2,441.75, while the all- share index shed 36.39 points or 2.26 percent to 1,575.87. A total of 2.42 billion shares were traded worth 3.90 billion pesos (81.25 million U.S. dollars). SEOUL -- Seoul shares closed lower Wednesday on plunges in U.S. markets. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) shed 7.98 points, or 0.57 percent, to close at 1,391.17. The volume was moderate at 448.2 million shares worth 4.54 trillion won (3.6 billion U.S. dollars). HANOI -- Vietnam's stock market index, VN-Index, closed at 472. 47 points on Wednesday, up 0.5 points, or 0.11 percent, against the previous trading day. A total of 68.64 million shares worth 2.61 trillion Vietnamese dongs (VND) (146.63 million U.S. dollars) changed hands at the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange. TAIPEI -- Taiwan stocks fell 0.4 percent to close at 6,195.91 on Wednesday. The benchmark weighted index opened higher and climbed to the day high of 6,306.46 not long after the start of the trading. Turnover was 99.1 billion New Taiwan dollars (about 3.01 billion U.S. dollars). HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks went down 80.9 points, or 0.45 percent to close at 18,084.60 on Wednesday. The benchmark Hang Seng Index opened lower and fluctuated in the negative during the morning trading, after which the market launched an effective rebound to the day high of 18,255.13 before retreating 171 points upon closing. Turnover was 74.48 billion HK dollars, slightly down from the previous day. SHENZHEN -- The Shenzhen Component Index on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange closed at 11,040.49 points Wednesday, up 243.29 points, or 2.25 percent, from the previous close. Total turnover was 65.74 billion yuan (9.67 billion U.S. dollars). SHANGHAI -- China's benchmark Shanghai Composite Index on the Shanghai Stock Exchange closed at 2,810.12 points Wednesday, up 34. 1 points, or 1.23 percent, from the previous close. Total turnover was 120.4 billion yuan (17.71 billion U.S. dollars). WELLINGTON -- The New Zealand stock market closed 0.29 percent lower on Wednesday with the benchmark NZSX-50 down 8 points, at 2, 778. The turnover totaled 97 million NZ dollars (61 million U.S. dollars). There were 39 rises and 44 falls among the 110 stocks traded. TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks rebounded Wednesday on bargain-hunting after steep fall the previous day. The benchmark Nikkei-225 index gained 87.97 points, or 0.90 percent, to 9,840.85 from Tuesday. Trading volume on the main section came to 2,543.61 million shares, down from Tuesday's 2,649.99 million. CANBERRA -- The Australian share market closed in the red for the third consecutive session after resource and financial stocks pulled the market lower. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed down 58.4 points, or 1.47 percent, at 3,904.1 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index was down 53.7 points, or 1.36 percent, at 3,904.2 points. National turnover reached 2.31 billion shares worth 5.99 billion dollars (4.79 billion US dollars). JAKARTA -- Indonesian shares closed slightly lower on Wednesday in line with weakening regional shares amidst rising world's crude oil price to 70 U.S. dollars per barrel. The market index decreased 5.401 points, or 0.27 percent to 2, 024.965 with transaction volume reaching 12,666 million shares worth 8.786 trillion rupiah (about 878.6 million U.S. dollars) BANGKOK -- The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index moved down 10.40 points, or 1.74 percent to close at 586.14 points on Wednesday. Some 3.27 billion shares worth 19.75 billion baht (about 580.88 million U.S. dollars) changed hands. SINGAPORE -- The shares prices in Singapore fell 16.71 points or 0.73 percent on Wednesday with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) closed at 2,271.45 points. The overall volume stood at 1.86 billion shares worth 1.52 billion Singapore dollars (about 1.04 billion U.S. dollars). KUALA LUMPUR -- The Malaysia stock market ended lower here on Wednesday. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,070.90 down 3.22 points or 0.30 percent, and the Emas was at 7,200.31 down 23.44 points or 0.33 percent. Turnover decreased to 1.36 billion shares valued at 1.34 billion ringgit (379.60 million U.S. dollars), compared with 1.56 billion shares valued at 1.84 billion ringgit (519.77 million U.S. dollars) on Tuesday. COLOMBO -- Share prices on the Colombo Stock Exchange closed higher on Wednesday, with the key Colombo All Share Price Index increasing by 50.51 points or 2.20 percent to close at 2,342.92 points. A total turnover of 1.02 billion rupees (about 8.87 million U.S. dollars) was recorded during the day with a volume of 29.5 million shares being traded. DHAKA -- Bangladesh's main bourse -- Dhaka Stock Exchange All Shares Price Index (DSI), the benchmark index, closed at 2,322.20 points on Wednesday, up 3.61 points or 0.16 percent from Tuesday's finish. The total turnover surged to around 6.77 billion taka (about 96.73 million U.S. dollars) on Wednesday from around 6.60 billion taka (about 94.30 million U.S. dollars) on Tuesday. MUMBAI -- The Indian stock benchmark Sensex closed lower Wednesday at 14,522.84 points, down 435.07 points or 2.91 percent from the previous closing Tuesday. The total turnover was 430 million U.S. dollars. 