The Philippine stock market ended 0.65 percent lower Thursday. Trading volume reached 908.34 million shares valued at 3.42 billion pesos (74.4 million U.S. dollars). A total of 78 stocks ended lower, 37 went up and 46 stocks did not move. HANOI -- Vietnam's stock market index, VN-Index, closed at 491. 11 points on Thursday, up 0.11 points, or 0.02 percent, against the previous trading day. A total of 37.47 million shares worth 1.1 trillion Vietnamese dong (VND) (57.61 million U.S. dollars) changed hands at the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange. TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks closed lower Thursday with the key Nikkei index down 0.59 percent. The benchmark Nikkei 225 Average lost 57.25 points to 9,696.02. The broader Topix index was down 4.24 points, or 0.49 percent, to 861.27. Trading volume on the main section contracted to 1,894.35 million shares from 1,922.83 million Wednesday. SEOUL -- The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) slid 2.59 points, or 0.15 percent, to end at 1,770.88. Trading volume was moderate at 339 million shares worth 5.25 trillion won (4.43 billion U.S. dollars). TAIPEI -- Taiwan shares gained 14.18 points, or 0.18 percent to close at 7,798.99 on Thursday. The benchmark weighted index traded between 7,738.48 and 7,799. 57, on a turnover of 118.76 billion New Taiwan dollars (about 3.7 billion U.S. dollars). SHANGHAI -- China's benchmark Shanghai Composite Index on the Shanghai Stock Exchange closed at 2,648.12 points Thursday, up 0. 55 percent, or 14.46 points, from the previous close. Turnover was 131.2 billion yuan (19.35 billion U.S. dollars). SHENZHEN -- The Shenzhen Component Index on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange closed at 10,838.91 points Thursday, up 13.74 points, or 0.13 percent, from the previous close. Turnover was 104.15 billion yuan (15.36 billion U.S. dollars). HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks gained 2.64 points, or 0.01 percent to close at 21,093.83 on Thursday. Turnover totaled 56.32 billion HK dollars (about 7.25 billion U. S. dollars), with property stocks being the day's biggest gainers. WELLINGTON -- The New Zealand sharemarket Thursday rallied from a weak start on a day in which investors watched the currency plunge and the official cash rate rise. The sharemarket closed 0.36 percent higher on Thursday with the benchmark NZSX-50 up 10.84 points at 3033.02, and a turnover of 87. 3 million NZ dollars (63.19 million U.S. dollars). SINGAPORE -- The shares prices in Singapore rose 12.27 points or 0.41 percent on Thursday with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) closing at 2,997.65 points. The overall volume stood at 1.40 billion shares worth 1.57 billion Singapore dollars (about 1.15 billion U.S. dollars). KUALA LUMPUR -- The Malaysia stock market ended higher on Thursday. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,358.41 up 3.22 points or 0.24 percent, and the Emas was at 9,201.65 up 23.28 points or 0.25 percent. Turnover increased to 999.63 million shares valued at 1.48 billion ringgit Malaysia (464.39 million U.S. dollars). JAKARTA -- Indonesian shares were closed higher on Thursday, supported by good financial report issued by companies, inilah.com online news reported on Thursday. The market index was closed 39.34 points (1.29 percent) higher to 3,096 with transaction volume of 4.7 billion shares valued at 3. 6 trillion rupiah (about 400 million U.S. dollars). BANGKOK -- The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) composite index moved up 0.81 point, or 0.09 percent, to close at 854.59 points on Thursday. Some 5.79 billion shares worth 27.62 billion baht (about 863 million U.S. dollars) changed hands. MUMBAI -- The Indian stock benchmark Sensex gained 34.63 points or 0.19 percent Thursday on mixed performance of peers around the world. The index picked up somehow in the second half of session and ended at 17,992 points with daily high of 18,013.10 points. DHAKA -- Bangladesh's main bourse -- Dhaka Stock Exchange All Shares Price Index (DSI), the benchmark index, closed at 5,278.89 points on Thursday, up 51.17 points or 0.98 percent from Tuesday's finish. The total turnover came down to about 13.60 billion taka (about 194.19 million U.S. dollars) on Thursday. 