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SE Asia Stocks-Most up; Philippine index posts 2015 loss

BANGKOK, Dec 29 (Reuters) - The Philippine index retreated

on Tuesday, ending 2015 with its first loss in seven years,

while most sharemarkets in Southeast Asia eked out gains in

light volume trade, with investors content to stay on the

sidelines before the New Year holiday.

The Philippine composite index was down 0.5 percent

on the day and 3.9 percent on the year. Shares of Universal

Robina Corp and Ayala Corp were the top two

gainers on foreign-led buying.

Foreign investors bought shares on the last trading day of

the year. The Philippine market is closed from Dec. 30 and will

reopen on Jan. 4. Trading volume in Manila dropped below the

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30-day average, in line with the region.

The overall stock market saw 962 million pesos ($20.44

million) worth of net foreign buying, the Manila bourse said in

a statement. The exchange expects market indicators to improve

next year.

"We expect that the country's solid macro-economic

fundamentals will continue to drive stock market growth, aided

by election-related and infrastructure spending," said the stock

exchange's president Hans B. Sicat.

Key indexes in Malaysia and Indonesia hit

multi-week closing highs, lifted by foreign inflows of a net 157

million ringgit ($36.64 million) and 79 billion rupiah ($5.76

million), respectively, stock exchange data showed.

Stocks in Singapore rebounded from the fall on Monday

and Vietnam posted its best gain in three weeks while

Thai stocks erased early gains and ended slightly lower.

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SOUTHEAST ASIAN STOCK MARKETS

Change on day

Market Current Prev Close Pct Move

Singapore 2888.22 2875.32 +0.45

Kuala Lumpur 1685.36 1670.73 +0.88

Bangkok 1283.78 1285.87 -0.16

Jakarta 4569.36 4557.36 +0.26

Manila 6952.08 6983.61 -0.45

Ho Chi Minh 576.29 569.90 +1.12

Change on year

Market Current End 2014 Pct Move

Singapore 2888.22 3365.15 -14.17

Kuala Lumpur 1685.36 1761.25 -4.31

Bangkok 1283.78 1497.67 -14.28

Jakarta 4569.36 5226.95 -12.58

Manila 6952.08 7230.57 -3.85

Ho Chi Minh 576.29 545.63 +5.62

($1 = 47.0750 Philippine pesos)

($1 = 4.2850 ringgit)

($1 = 13,740.0000 rupiah)

(Reporting by Viparat Jantraprap; Additional reporting by Erik

dela Cruz in Manila; Editing by Sunil Nair)