Asia stocks: Latest quotes

Here are the latest trading levels for Asia's major stock markets: Tokyo (Nikkei Average ) up 1% (closed) ; Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index ) up 0.2% ; Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index ) down 3.5% (closed) ; Sydney (S&P/ASX 200 ) up 1.5% (closed) ; Seoul (Kospi ) up 0.5% (closed) ; Mumbai (Sensex ) up 0.2% ; Taipei (Taiex ) flat (closed)

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