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Asian stocks close higher

AFP, Hong Kong
Asian stocks closed mostly higher Tuesday but gains were capped amid mixed sentiment in the international economy, and after further subprime related losses were announced.
Trading in banking and finance stocks were hit late in the day after Swiss banking giant UBS wrote down 19 billion dollars in subprime-related losses.
Asian benchmarks had received some support after the US posted modest gains Monday as investors digested a regulatory' overhaul proposal and a better-than-expected report on economic activity in the Midwest.
Investors pored over plans announced by Treasury Secretary' Henry Paulson which would allow the Federal Reserve oversight of Wall Street securities firms that now have access to the central bank's emergency lending facilities.
Gains in US stocks followed and this helped Toky o to shrug off a gloomy business survey, that suggested Asia's largest economy might be headed for a recession, and close 1.74
percent higher.
Hong Kong was up 1.26 percent, Wellington gained 1.82 percent while Sydney rose a milder 0.1 percent as Seoul closed steady. Singapore rose 1.0 percent, Bangkok gained 0.77 percent and Kuala Lumpur was up 0.20 percent.
But fears of a US recession continued to underpin negative sentiment and this along with a possible further tightening of monetary policy in China resulted in Shanghai tumbling 4.13 percent.
A spike in inflation resulted in Jakarta slumping 2.2 percent, Taipei shed 1.78 percent and Manila was off 0.5 percent. Mumbai was down 0.11 percent.
TOKYO: Japanese share prices rebounded by more than one percent, shrugging off a sharp drop in business confidence as investors took their cue from an overnight rally on Wall Street.
The Nikkei-225 index rose 130.88 points to 12,656.42. Volume fell to 1.74 billion shares from 1.83 billion shares Monday.
Investors took their cue from Wall Street where US
stocks posted modest gains Monday after a surprise improvement in business activity in the US Midwest.
MUMBAI: Indian share prices ended marginally lower as banks fell off early gains after a disclosure by Swiss banking giant UBS of a subprime-related write down of 19 billion dollars.
Dealers said rising local inflation concerns saw investors lock in gains.
The Sensex fell 17.82 points to 15,626.62.
The markets were choppy on concerns of a tighter monetary policy after the central bank governor Y.V Reddy said on Monday "necessary steps" would be taken to curb rising inflation.
HONG KONG: Hong Kong share prices closed higher, up 1.26 percent, as institutional investors bought up large-caps, a move that countered weak sentiment on the Shanghai bourse.
The Hang Seng index closed up 288.26 points at 23,137.46. Turnover was 78.03 billion Hong Kong dollars (10.03 billion US).
SHANGHAI: Chinese share
prices fell 4.13 percent led by properly and financial stocks amid fresh concerns of more monetary tightening measures.
Dealers said investors were unsettled after the central bank said Monday it would continue to tighten monetary policy as credit and liquidity were still growing too quickly and fixed-asset investments were rebounding.
Inflation, which hit a near 12-year high of 8.7 percent in February, has also stoked concerns of another interest rate hike.
1'he Shanghai Composite Index closed down 143.55 points at 3,329.16 on turnover of73.1 billion yuan (10.4 billion dollars).
SINGAPORE: Singapore share prices closed 1.30 percent higher, tracking modest gains in US stocks after the worst quarterly performance in five years.
Dealers said a better-than-expected economic report on factory activity in the United States Midwest region boosted sentiment but pessimism about (he health of the US economy remained.