BANGKOK, May 23 (Reuters) - Southeast Asian stocks fell on
Thursday, with Singapore marking its worst week since November
2012 and Thai stocks at their lowest close in more than two
weeks, as worries over the future of U.S. monetary stimulus and
weak Chinese data dented global sentiment.
Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia saw weakness in large caps
such as Singapore Telecommunications Ltd, Siam
Commercial Bank Pcl and CIMB Group Holdings
as investors cut holdings in risk assets ahead of a long
weekend.
Singapore's Straits Times Index dropped 1.8 percent
to 3,393.17, the lowest close since May 7. It fell 1.6 percent
on the week. Malaysia's main index slid 0.6 percent on
the day, trimming its gain on the week to 0.2 percent.
Thai SET index ended down 1.5 percent at 1,607.46,
sinking 3 percent below the key 1,600 mark at one point. It saw
a weekly loss of 1.3 percent, partly due to caution ahead of the
central bank's policy rate review next week.
The Thai, Singapore and Malaysian stock markets are shut on
Friday, and will reopen on Monday.
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SOUTHEAST ASIAN STOCK MARKETS
Change on day
Market Current Prev Close Pct Move
TR SE Asia Index* 440.13 448.19 -1.80
Singapore 3393.17 3454.37 -1.77
Kuala Lumpur 1773.06 1783.88 -0.61
Bangkok 1607.46 1631.27 -1.46
Jakarta 5121.40 5207.99 -1.66
Manila 7314.38 7385.07 -0.96
Ho Chi Minh 498.22 502.23 -0.88
Change on year
Market Current End prev yr Pct Move
TR SE Asia Index* 440.13 424.10 +3.78
Singapore 3393.17 3167.08 +7.14
Kuala Lumpur 1773.06 1688.95 +4.98
Bangkok 1607.46 1391.93 +15.48
Jakarta 5121.40 4316.69 +18.64
Manila 7314.38 5812.73 +25.83
Ho Chi Minh 498.22 413.73 +20.42
* The Thomson Reuters South East Asia Index is a
highly representative indicator of stocks listed in Indonesia,
Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Stock Market Volume (shares)
Market Current Volume Average Volume 30 days
Singapore 644,964,800 272,313,503
Kuala Lumpur 198,053,300 176,122,680
Bangkok 12,300,794 10,260,563
Jakarta 6,351,801,500 4,325,902,683
Manila 87,948 102,399
Ho Chi Minh 80,016 51,301
