101.   In Hong Kong, shares closed lower for the third straight day on heavy selling of market bellwethers HSBC Holdings and China Mobile.

102.   In Hong Kong, shares closed slightly lower as gains in telecommunications shares failed to offset continued losses in global banking group HSBC Holdings.

103.   In Hong Kong, shares closed slightly lower following losses in HSBC Holdings and China Mobile.

104.   In Manila, shares closed lower on a lack of fresh news to perk up buying interest.

105.   In Hong Kong, shares closed marginally higher as traders prepared for a public holiday on Thursday.

106.   In Hong Kong, shares closed marginally lower, pulled down by selling in shares of property companies that recently reported poor profits.

107.   In Manila, Philippine shares closed lower as investors cashed in on huge gains in recent sessions.

108.   In other Asian stock markets, Taiwanese shares closed lower on the back of overnight Wall Street gains.

109.   In Seoul, shares closed higher on strong foreign buying, after concerns over global financial instability subsided with overnight stock gains in the United States and Europe.

110.   In Shanghai, B shares closed slightly higher in volatile trading, with early gains mostly eroded by a later wave of profit-taking, traders said.