Vietnam's stock market index, VN-Index, closed at 451. 06 points on Monday, down 1.57 points, or 0.35 percent, against the previous trading day. A total of 22.15 million shares worth 549.83 billion Vietnamese dong (VND) (28.20 million U.S. dollars) changed hands at the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange. Prices of 56 stocks went up, 138 dropped while 77 remained unchanged. WELLINGTON -- The New Zealand sharemarket fell for the first time in three sessions on Monday, as investors kept their bets to a minimum ahead of a string of major economic announcements this week. The haremarket closed 0.16 percent lower with the benchmark NZSX-50 down 5.16 points at 3299.7, and a turnover of 57 million NZ dollars (43.7 million U.S. dollars). TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks closed lower Monday with the key Nikkei index down 0.52 percent. The benchmark Nikkei 225 Average shed 47. 73 points to 9,154.72,hitting a fresh closing low since Sept. 9. The broader Topix index was down 7.61 points, or 0.94 percent, to 803.30. Trading volume on the main section contracted to 1,697 million shares from 2,151 million Friday. SEOUL -- South Korean shares closed higher Monday. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) gained 31.79 points to 1,914.74. Trading volume was moderate at 335 million shares worth 5.94 trillion won (5.32 billion U.S. dollars). TAIPEI -- Taiwan's share prices closed higher Monday with the weighted index up 92.66 points, or 1.12 percent, to close at 8,379. 75. Turnover totaled 126.15 billion new Taiwan dollars (about 4.14 billion U.S. dollars). SHANGHAI -- China's benchmark Shanghai Composite Index on the Shanghai Stock Exchange closed at 3,054.02 Monday, up 75.19 points, or 2.52 percent, from the previous close. Total Turnover was 251.05 billion yuan (37.63 billion U.S. dollars). SHENZHEN -- The Shenzhen Component Index on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange closed higher Monday to end at 13,743.77 points, up 376. 53 points, or 2.82 percent. Total Turnover was 199.3 billion yuan (29.86 billion U.S. dollars). HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed up 556.62 points, or 2.41 percent, at 23,652.94 on Monday. Turnover fell to 91.05 billion HK dollars from Friday's 135.93 billion HK dollars (1 U.S. dollar equals 7.751 HK dollars). SYDNEY -- The Australian share market posted gains on Monday following stronger bank and mining stocks ahead of Tuesday's official interest rate decision by the central bank. Market turnover was 2.25 billion shares worth 3.99 billion AU dollars (3.94 billion U.S. dollars), with 641 stocks up, 484 down and 373 unchanged. SINGAPORE -- The shares prices in Singapore rose 49.65 points or 1.58 percent on Monday with the benchmark Straits Times Index ( STI) closing at 3,192.18 points. The overall volume stood at 1.83 billion shares worth 2.25 billion Singapore dollars (about 1.74 billion U.S. dollars). DHAKA -- Bangladesh's main bourse Dhaka Stock Exchange All Shares Price Index (DSI), the benchmark index, closed at 6611.17 points on Monday, down 0.97 points or 0.01 percent from Sunday's finish. The total single day turnover came down to about 22.71 billion taka (about 324.40 million U.S. dollars) on Monday from a record about 32.09 billion taka (about 458.41 million U.S. dollars) on Sunday. BANGKOK -- The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET)index on Monday moved up 18.78 points, or 1.91 percent to close at 1,003.24 points. Some 4.01 billion shares worth 39.84 billion baht (about 1.3 million U.S. dollars) changed hands. MUMBAI -- The Indian stock benchmark Sensex advanced 323.29 points or 1.61 percent Monday on eased liquidity tightness and higher PMI numbers in October. The turnover with Sensex totaled 90.8 million U.S. dollars Monday, much lower from 207.8 million U.S. dollars due to pause of transactions for two and half hours. 