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SE Asia Stocks-Indonesia above 2-week peak after Feb trade surplus

BANGKOK, April 1 (Reuters) - Indonesian shares jumped 2.2

percent on Tuesday, outperforming others in Southeast Asia, as a

better-than-expected monthly trade surplus bolstered sentiment,

boosting demand for cyclical stocks, including banking and

consumer shares.

Heavy buying in shares of Bank Mandiri, Bank

Rakyat Indonesia and Astra International

sent the benchmark Jakarta's Composite Index to 4,873.93

at the close, the highest since March 17.

Indonesia's trade balance reverted to a $790 million surplus

in February, from a $440 million deficit in January, in a sign

the economy is making progress in managing its current-account

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deficit.

Thai shares finished up 0.8 percent at 1,387.48, the

highest close since Nov. 20, helped by selective buying in

banking shares such as Kasikornbank in anticipation

of strong earnings for the quarter ended March 31.

The market was nearly flat in early trade due to losses in

large caps such as Siam Cement and Shin Corp

which traded ex dividend.

Political situation remained tense after an anti-government

demonstrator was shot dead and four others injured on Tuesday,

when unidentified gunmen fired on a Bangkok protest march, the

first fatality of the political conflict in several weeks.

Southeast Asian bourses noted inflows on the first trading

day of April, according to Thomson Reuters and stock exchange

data.

Indonesia posted a net foreign buying of 1.87 trillion

rupiah ($164 million), the Philippines reported 277

million peso ($6.18 million) of net inflows and Malaysia

brought in 24.89 million ringgit of net inflows ($7.62 million).

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SOUTHEAST ASIAN STOCK MARKETS

Change on day

Market Current Prev Close Pct Move

TR SE Asia Index* 412.51 409.08 +0.84

Singapore 3198.52 3188.62 +0.31

Kuala Lumpur 1847.76 1849.21 -0.08

Bangkok 1387.48 1376.26 +0.82

Jakarta 4873.93 4768.28 +2.22

Manila 6514.72 6428.71 +1.34

Ho Chi Minh 583.85 591.57 -1.31

Change on year

Market Current End 2013 Pct Move

TR SE Asia Index* 412.51 388.37 +6.22

Singapore 3198.52 3167.43 +0.98

Kuala Lumpur 1847.76 1866.96 -1.03

Bangkok 1387.48 1298.71 +6.84

Jakarta 4873.93 4274.18 +14.03

Manila 6514.72 5889.83 +10.61

Ho Chi Minh 583.85 504.63 +15.70

* The Thomson Reuters South East Asia Index is a

highly representative indicator of stocks listed in Indonesia,

Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

($1 = 44.8450 Philippine pesos)

($1 = 11360.0000 Indonesian rupiah)

($1 = 3.2655 Malaysian ringgit)

(Reporting by Viparat Jantraprap; Editing by Anand Basu)