HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed down 196.74 points, or 0.73 percent, to 26,696.49 points on Wednesday.
The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 26,479.9 and 26,776.06. Turnover totaled 119.60 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 15.35 billion U.S. dollars).
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MUMBAI -- Indian markets closed lower on Wednesday. Among sectors, Auto index fell over 2 percent followed by energy, infra, IT, metal and pharma.
The benchmark S&P, BSE Sensex closed at 39,888.96, 392.24 points or 0.97 percent down compared to its previous close at 40,281.20.
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HANOI -- Stock market index of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, HNX-Index, closed at 106.61 points on Wednesday, down 0.05 points or 0.05 percent from the previous trading session.
Approximately 69.7 million shares worth over 763.1 billion Vietnamese dong (33.2 million U.S. dollars) were traded at the Hanoi Stock Exchange on Wednesday. Specifically, foreign investors bought more than 1.2 million shares valued at roughly 17.5 billion Vietnamese dong (758,800 U.S. dollars), and sold almost 2.4 million shares valued at over 24.4 billion Vietnamese dong (1.1 million U.S. dollars)
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HO CHI MINH CITY -- VN-Index, the stock market index of Ho Chi Minh City bourse in southern Vietnam, closed at 895.97 points on Wednesday, down 13.70 points, or 1.51 percent against the previous trading day.
Approximately 142.6 million shares worth nearly 3 trillion Vietnamese dong (129.9 million U.S. dollars) changed hands at the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange. Specifically, foreign investors bought over 9.2 million shares totaling 336 billion Vietnamese dong (14.6 million U.S. dollars), and sold almost 15.7 million shares totaling 562 billion Vietnamese dong (24.4 million U.S. dollars).
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KUALA LUMPUR -- The Malaysian stock market ended lower here on Wednesday.
Turnover increased to 3.87 billion shares valued at 3.07 billion ringgit Malaysia (727.49 million U.S. dollars), compared with 3.13 billion shares valued at 2.76 billion ringgit Malaysia (652.48 million U.S. dollars) on Tuesday.
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SINGAPORE -- Singapore stocks closed lower on Wednesday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) going down 1.29 percent, or 40.72 points, to close at 3,117.52.
A total of 1.52 billion shares changed hands with a turnover of 1.45 billion Singapore dollars (about 1.04 billion U.S. dollars). Losers outnumbered gainers by 321 to 133.
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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks ended lower Wednesday, with the benchmark Nikkei stock index closing at a four-month low, as concerns the spread of the COVID-19 virus could hamper the global economy dented investor sentiment.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average dropped 179.22 points, or 0.79 percent, from Tuesday to close the day at 22,426.19, marking its lowest closing level since Oct. 15.
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SEOUL -- South Korean stocks declined more than 1 percent on Wednesday on worry about the soaring cases of the COVID-19 for the past week.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) sank 26.84 points, or 1.28 percent, to settle at 2,076.77. Trading volume was high at 797 million shares worth 7.8 trillion won (6.4 billion U.S. dollars).
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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia's stocks finished lower on Wednesday, with the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) Index down 20.85 points, or 3.17 percent, to close at 636.25.
A total of 16,375 shares worth 135.8 million riels (33,321 U.S. dollars) were traded, the CSX said.
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VIENTIANE -- The Lao stock market closed on Wednesday with an increase of 0.57 percent compared to the previous trading day.
The Lao Securities Exchange composite index increased by 3.93 points, reaching 691.12 points after closing.
A total of 86,900 shares worth about 542,146 million Lao kip (nearly 60,881 U.S. dollars) changed hands at the stock market.
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SEOUL -- Seoul shares ended lower Wednesday.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) sank 26.84 points, or 1.28 percent, to settle at 2,076.77. Trading volume was high at 797 million shares worth 7.8 trillion won (6.4 billion U.S. dollars).
South Korea's currency finished at 1,216.9 won against the greenback, down 6.6 won from the previous close.
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WELLINGTON -- New Zealand stock market's indicator, the S&P/NZX 50 index, dropped by 1.59 percent to 11,534 on Wednesday.
The drop was led by Cavalier Corporation Limited, which went down by 15.52 percent to 0.245 NZ dollars (0.155 U.S. dollars), while SeaDragon Limited jumped by 100 percent to 0.002 NZ dollars. Enditem
