SE Asia Stocks - Mixed; Indonesia, Philippines at new highs

BANGKOK, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Key indexes in Indonesia and the

Philippines hit all-time highs on Monday as investors bought

selected shares in the reporting season while the global outlook

weighed on regional sentiment after dismal Chinese trade data

and a strong U.S. jobs report.

Jakarta's composite index was up 0.4 percent at

5,363.65, climbing further from a record closing high of

5,342.51 hit on Friday.

Shares of retailer Matahari Putra Prima jumped 2.5

percent and Bank Mandiri surged 3.1 percent, with the

bank due to report full-year 2014 earnings later in the week.

Expectations of an interest rate cut supported

the prospect for earnings growth, broker said.

Markets are speculating about an interest rate cut by Bank

Indonesia in its policy rate meeting next week, said

Jakarta-based Samuel Sekuritas Indonesia in a research note.

"An interest rate cut would be positive to many sectors,"

said Samuel analyst Muhamad Alfatih.

In Manila, shares of Universal Robina Corp rose 5.3

percent after it announced a cash dividend of 1.50 pesos per

share and an increase in quarterly earnings.

The Philippine composite index rose 0.6 percent to

7,776.15, heading for a new record close. Its previous record

close was 7,716.06 on Feb. 4, an eighth so far in the year.

Stocks in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand

retreated after notching up strong gains last week while

Vietnam staged a mild rebound from last week's loss.

Brokers in Bangkok expected the stock market to move

sideways with global macro factors being the key focus.

"While the U.S. reported stronger-than-expected jobs data

for January and made investors more confident of the U.S.

economic momentum, some concerns about rising interest rate are

back and weighed on U.S. stocks Friday," said KGI Securities in

a report.

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan

slipped 0.6 percent while U.S. stock futures

also shed 0.4 percent.

Data published on Sunday showed China's trade performance

slumped in January, with exports falling 3.3 percent from

year-ago levels while imports tumbled 19.9 percent, far worse

than analysts had expected.

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SOUTHEAST ASIAN STOCK MARKETS

Change at 0526 GMT

Market Current Prev Close Pct Move

Singapore 3426.61 3431.36 -0.14

Kuala Lumpur 1811.43 1813.25 -0.10

Bangkok 1611.05 1613.63 -0.16

Jakarta 5363.65 5342.51 +0.40

Manila 7776.15 7728.18 +0.62

Ho Chi Minh 575.63 574.13 +0.26

(Reporting by Viparat Jantraprap; Additional reporting by

Fransiska Nangoy in Jakarta; Editing by Sunil Nair)