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Asian stocks close mostly down

AfP, Hour Kong
Asian stocks closed mostly down Tuesday after oil prices hit yet another record high and investors reassessed the view that the worst phase of the global financial crisis had passed.
The Japanese stock market slipped more titan one percent, while Taiwan and Sooth Korea also finished lower. Seoul's bourse fell after Lee Kun-Hee quit as chairman of giant firm Samsung in a shock announcement.
But Hong Kong and mainland Chinese shares rose around one percent, with Singapore and India also ending in the black.
Analysts said some markets lost ground Tuesday because Wall Street had ended mixed a day earlier, partly due to weaker-than-expected earnings results from Bank of America, whose profits plummeted 77 percent.
The bank expressed concern about US consumer spending given the slump in house prices in the world's biggest economy.
That put the focus back on the global credit crunch caused by the default crisis in subprime, or riskier, US mortgages. It also hit some of the optimism generated by unexpectedly good corporate earnings from big US firms last week.
Investors were also digesting Tuesday's announcement by British bank Royal Bank of Scotland (R^BS) of a record, near 24-billion dollar share issue to shore up its finances after huge subprime-related writedowns.
Oil prices also continued to stoke concerns after hitting a fresh record high above 117 dollars per barrel on Monday.
Soaring food and fuel costs have caused high inflation in Asia, raising the fear that regional governments will take more steps to slow economic growth, potentially hitting stock market prospects.
TOKYO: Japanese share prices lost more than one percent as investors took profits after a five-session winning streak that had lifted shares up to a near two-month high, dealers said.
The benchmark Nikkei-225 index dropped 148.73 points or 1.09 percent to end at 13,547.82. The broader Topix
index of all first-section shares shed 20.05 points or 1.51 percent to 1,311.46.
HONG KONG: Hong Kong share prices closed up 0.88 percent, dealers said.
T he Hang Seng index closed up 217.48 points at 24,939.15. Turnover was 87.7 billion I long Kong dollars (11.24 billion US).
SHANGHAI: Chinese share prices closed mixed, with the Shanghai bourse rising 0.99 percent, dealers said.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite index, which covers A and B shares, closed up 30.82 points at 3,147.79 on turnover of 58.8 billion yuan (8.4 billion dollars).
TAIPEI: Taiwan share prices closed down 0.51 percent, dealers said.The weighted index closed down 46.07 points at 9,037.25. Turnover was 137.69 billion Taiwan dollars (4.54 billion US).
SEOUL; South Korean share prices closed 0.72 percent lower, dealers said. The benchmark KOSPI index lost 12.99 points to 1,787.49. Volume was 340 million shares worth 6.07 trillion won (6.08 billion dollars).
SINGAPORE: Singapore share prices closed up 0.51
percent, dealers said. The blue chip Straits Times index rose 16.14 points to 3,187.23 on volume of 1.65 billion shares worth 1.53 billion Singapore dollars (1.13 billion US).
KUALA L U M P U R : Malaysian shares closed little changed, dealers said.The Kuala Lumpur Composite index was down 0.7 points, or 0.1 percent, at 1,279.30.
BANGKOK: Thai share prices closed 0.95 percent higher, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) composite index rose 8.04 points to 850.02, and the bluechip SET’ 50 index gained 7.44 points to 613.28.
JAKARTA: Indonesian share prices closed 2.0 percent lower, dealers said. The Jakarta composite index closed down 46.79 points at 2,289.10.
MANILA: Philippine share prices closed 1.2 percent lower, dealers said. The composite index finished down 35.17 points at 2,855.75. The allshare index was down 17.80 points at 1,761.71.
MUMBAI: Indian share prices closed up 0.27 percent, dealers said. The benchmark Mumbai Sensex rose 44.54 points to 16,783.87.