SE Asia Stocks -Malaysia, Singapore post worst weekly losses since March

BANGKOK, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Stocks in Malaysia and Singapore

suffered their worst weekly losses in five months on Friday amid

rising global risk aversion and a fall in regional currencies

after U.S. President Barack Obama's authorisation of air strikes

in Iraq.

Malaysia's main index dropped 1.5 percent to the

lowest close since March 26, sliding 1.3 percent on the week.

Foreign investors were net sellers of shares worth 122 million

ringgit ($38 million) on Friday, stock exchange data showed.

Singapore's Straits Times Index was down 0.8

percent on the day and 1.7 percent on the week. Shares of

realtor UOL Group Ltd slipped 1.4 percent after the

company said its second-quarter net profit fell by more than

half.

Other equities markets in Southeast Asia had a mixed weekly

performance, with Indonesia and the Philippines

little changed while Vietnam rose 1.9 percent, the

region's best performer.

Thai stocks climbed 1.3 percent on the week,

recouping some of the 2.8 percent losses a week earlier. The

Thai stock market will be closed on Monday and Tuesday 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* 434.64 436.93 -0.52

Singapore 3288.89 3314.22 -0.76

Kuala Lumpur 1839.87 1867.32 -1.47

Bangkok 1520.31 1522.27 -0.13

Jakarta 5053.76 5066.98 -0.26

Manila 6880.34 6955.21 -1.08

Ho Chi Minh 605.43 607.62 -0.36

Change on year

Market Current End 2013 Pct Move

TR SE Asia Index* 434.64 388.37 +11.91

Singapore 3288.89 3167.43 +3.83

Kuala Lumpur 1839.87 1866.96 -1.45

Bangkok 1520.31 1298.71 +17.06

Jakarta 5053.76 4274.18 +18.24

Manila 6880.34 5889.83 +16.82

Ho Chi Minh 605.43 504.63 +19.98

* 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 = 3.2060 Malaysian ringgit)

(Reporting by Viparat Jantraprap; Editing by Anupama Dwivedi)