SE Asia Stocks-Indonesia retreats but inflows continue

BANGKOK, July 17 (Reuters) - Indonesian shares ended two

days of gains on Thursday as local investors led selling in

rallying shares such as Semen Indonesia and Bank

Tabungan Negara, but steady inflows since last week's

elections reflected a broader positive sentiment.

The vote count so far suggests Jakarta's populist governor

Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is leading in the presidential election

while the official result is due out on July 22.

Jakarta's benchmark composite index fell 0.8

percent, reversing from Wednesday's rise to the highest in more

than 13 months.

Foreign investors bought shares for a sixth consecutive day

on Thursday, with net purchases worth 530.2 billion rupiah

($45.4 million), taking their net buying in six days to 9.18

trillion rupiah ($786 million), Thomson Reuters data showed.

The market had seen a drop in foreign inflows in June and

early July, before the elections.

The Thai SET index hit the highest close in more

than 13 months as foreign inflows continued for a seventh

straight session. Shares of Kasikornbank and Bangkok

Bank remained unchanged ahead of their quarterly

results.

After market close, Kasikornbank posted April-June net

profit of 11.7 billion baht, close to expectations, while

Bangkok Bank reported net profit of 9.03 billion baht for the

quarter, slightly higher than expected.

Other Southeast Asian stock markets were little changed, in

line with broader Asia.

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SOUTHEAST ASIAN STOCK MARKETS

Change on day

Market Current Prev Close Pct Move

TR SE Asia Index* 440.86 440.84 +0.01

Singapore 3306.89 3304.43 +0.07

Kuala Lumpur 1883.14 1886.71 -0.19

Bangkok 1535.66 1530.42 +0.34

Jakarta 5071.20 5113.93 -0.84

Manila 6867.36 6834.04 +0.49

Ho Chi Minh 590.37 589.68 +0.12

Change on year

Market Current End 2013 Pct Move

TR SE Asia Index* 440.86 388.37 +13.52

Singapore 3306.89 3167.43 +4.40

Kuala Lumpur 1883.14 1866.96 +0.87

Bangkok 1535.66 1298.71 +18.25

Jakarta 5071.20 4274.18 +18.65

Manila 6867.36 5889.83 +16.60

Ho Chi Minh 590.37 504.63 +16.99

* 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 = 11680.0000 Rupiahs)

(Reporting by Viparat Jantraprap; Editing by Anupama Dwivedi)