SE Asia Stocks -Malaysia up from 4-1/2-month low; foreign investors buy Manila shares

Aug 11 (Reuters) - Most Southeast Asian stock markets

rebounded on Monday, with Malaysia rising from a 4-1/2-month

closing low while Manila saw strong foreign fund inflows as

easing Ukraine tensions helped boost investor appetite for risky

assets.

Malaysia's main stock index closed up 0.5 percent,

recovering from its lowest close since March 26, led by

financials.

Shares of Malaysia Airline System (MAS) closed up

8.3 percent, having earlier surged 10.4 percent from a near

two-month low, after state fund Khazanah Nasional

said it will offer 27 sen for each share in the company it does

not own, amounting to nearly 1.4 billion ringgit ($435 million)

to take the troubled airline private.

Foreign investors bought a net $95 million worth of shares

in the Philippine stock market, which ended 1.1 percent

higher, recovering from its lowest close since July 31, while

Singapore ended up 0.5 percent from a one-month low.

Analysts said the recovery was a technical rebound after a

decline due to worries over geopolitical tensions.

The Jakarta Composite Index rose 1.2 percent from a

near one-month closing low, but analysts said the index may fall

during the week on expected worsening of current account deficit

in the second quarter, for which data is scheduled to be

released on Friday, and talks over cutting fuel subsidy.

Underperforming the market, Indonesia's biggest coal miner

PT Bumi Resources Tbk fell 5.7 percent after it said

it intends to pay the 9.25 percent interest on its $375 million

debt by Tuesday, while seeking to extend the payment of the

principal of the convertible bonds to April 2018.

Bucking the trend, the Vietnam index fell 0.6 percent

due to a fall in shares of large cap companies. The Thailand

market was closed for a public holiday.

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SOUTHEAST ASIAN STOCK MARKETS

Change on day

Market Current Prev Close Pct Move

TR SE Asia Index* 438.15 434.63 +0.81

Singapore 3306.45 3288.89 +0.53

Kuala Lumpur 1849.32 1839.87 +0.51

Jakarta 5113.24 5053.76 +1.18

Manila 6956.66 6880.34 +1.11

Ho Chi Minh 602.13 600.48 -0.55

Change on year

Market Current End 2013 Pct Move

TR SE Asia Index* 438.15 388.37 +12.81

Singapore 3306.45 3167.43 +4.39

Kuala Lumpur 1849.32 1866.96 -0.94

Bangkok 1520.31 1298.71 +17.06

Jakarta 5113.24 4274.18 +19.63

Manila 6956.66 5889.83 +18.11

Ho Chi Minh 602.13 504.63 +19.32

* 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 US dollar = 43.9250 Philippine peso)

(Reporting by Shihar Aneez in New Delhi; Editing by Anupama

Dwivedi)