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singapore sti: Australia's S&P/ASX 200 XJO, -0.71% rose 0.5%, while South Korea's Kospi 180721, 1.21% was about flat, according to Market Watch. Benchmarks indexes in Taiwan Y9999, -1.16% Singapore STI, -0.64% and Indonesia JAKIDX, -0.29% rose slightly. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 NIK, -0.61% lost early gains to be down 0.3% in morning trading. Markets in Hong Kong and mainland China were closed for a holiday. LG Electronics 066570, -1.59% rose in South Korea while Beach Energy BPT, -2.44% and Woodside Petroleum WPL, -1.69% advanced in Australia. Among individual stocks, e-commerce company Rakuten 4755, -2.68% gained in Tokyo trading, while Honda 7267, 0.70% and Mitsubishi UFJ 8306, -0.71% fell. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.