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Asian stocks close mixed

AFP, Hong Kong
Asian stocks closed mixed Monday as concerns that high inflation would slow economic growth tarnished a spate of data showing stronger than expected regional expansion in the first quarter.
Investors in Japan chose to look on the bright side, sending the Tokyo bourse up 0.71 percent to its best close for almost five months.
Hong Kong and Taiwan ended the day more than one percent up and China rose, while South Korea and Singapore ended in the red. India tumbled more than two percent.
Among smaller markets, Thailand slumped nearly three percent on political worries as small anti-government protests carried on a ninth day on Monday.
The protests are being spearheaded by royalist activists in the so-called People's Alliance for Democracy.
The same group led mass street demonstrations against premier Thaksin Shinawatra in early 2006, before his overthrow in a coup.
Meanwhile. South Korea said Monday its economy had expanded quicker than predicted in the first quarter, by 5.8 percent, but that inflation hit
its highest point for years in May at 4.9 percent.
There are concerns across Asia that rising prices, propelled by high fuel and food costs, could hit economic growth by hampering consumer spending, squeezing business profits and forcing authorities to raise interest rates.
I lowever, a number of countries in Asia have also released robust economic growth numbers in recent days. For example, India said last week its economy grew nine percent in the year to March, beating expectations.
But there are also ongoing concerns about the slowing US economy, the world's biggest, which is battling a house price downturn the fallout from a financial crisis.
TOKYO: Japanese share prices closed up 0.71 percent at the highest level for almost five months as investors took heart from a stable yen and a recent drop in world oil prices.
The benchmark Nikkei-225 index gained 101.60 points to end at 14,440.14, the best finish since January’9.
HONG KONG: Hong Kong share prices closed up 1.22 percent, dealers said. The Hang Seng index closed up 298.24 points at 24,831.36 on turnover of 74.28 billion Hong Kong
dollars (US$9.52 billion).
SHANGHAI: Chinese share prices closed 0.75 percent higher, dealers said. The benchmark Shang ha i Composite Index, which covers A and B shares, closed up 25.69 points at 3,459.04.
SEOUL: South Korean shares closed 0.2 percent lower, dealers said. I he KOSPI index closed down 4.49 points at 1,847.53.
SINGAPORE: Singapore share prices closed 0.14 percent lower, dealers said. The blue chip Straits limes Index closed down 4.57 points at 3,188.05.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian share prices closed 1.1 percent lower, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index fell 13.88 points to 1,262.49.
BANGKOK: Thai share prices closed 2.81 percent lower, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) composite index fell 23.43 points to close at 810.22.
MANILA: Philippine share prices closed little changed, dealers said. The composite index shed 1.55 points to 2,825.89.
MUMBAI: Indian share prices closed 2.15 percent lower, dealers said. The benchmark Mumbai 30-share Sensex fell 352.39 points to 16,063.18.