SE Asia Stocks-Mixed, Indonesian shares outperform regional markets

Sept 25 (Reuters) - Southeast Asian markets ended mixed on

Thursday, with Indonesian stocks outperforming the region

despite foreign outflow as investors bought beaten down shares

after the sell off early this week.

Some markets were upbeat over Wednesday's gains on Wall

Street on strong U.S. housing data and dovish statements from a

top Federal Reserve official, but investors were still cautious

and awaited U.S. jobless claims and durable goods numbers due

later in the day for cues.

The Jakarta Composite Index ended 0.5 percent up,

recovering from its lowest close since Sept. 16, despite selling

from foreign investors, who offloaded a net $46.19 million worth

of shares.

"The market is lacking new sentiment, but the decline in the

past few days is giving investors opportunities to enter the

market," said Reza Priyambada, head of research at Woori Korindo

Securities Indonesia.

Financials led the overall gain with Banks Central Asia

and Bank Rakyat Indonesia adding 3.2 percent

and 1.7 percent respectively.

Priyambada said a stable rupiah also supported

positive sentiment.

Thailand's SET index surrendered its early gains to

end steady at a 16-month closing high, with foreign investors

buying $74.30 million worth of shares on Thursday.

Analysts however said investors were optimistic of

Thailand's economic growth prospect.

Thailand's central bank will release revised economic

projections on Friday and the market expects it to keep the

country's 2014 GDP growth forecast under 2 percent and announce

a higher growth estimate for the next year.

Other Southeast Asian markets traded mixed. Malaysian shares

closed 0.2 percent firmer despite $39.12 million

outflow, while the Philippines ended 0.8 percent weaker,

though foreign investors bought $7.43 million worth of shares.

Vietnam's benchmark VN Index, which fell dropped

below the key 600-mark in the morning session, recovered to end

0.3 percent higher.

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SOUTHEAST ASIAN STOCK MARKETS

Change on day

Market Current Prev Close Pct Move

Singapore 3290.99 3292.81 -0.06

Kuala Lumpur 1843.11 1840.08 +0.16

Bangkok 1591.99 1591.89 +0.01

Jakarta 5201.38 5174.01 +0.53

Manila 7294.21 7355.29 -0.83

Ho Chi Minh 605.10 603.59 +0.25

Change on year

Market Current End 2013 Pct Move

Singapore 3290.99 3167.43 +3.90

Kuala Lumpur 1843.11 1866.96 -1.28

Bangkok 1591.99 1298.71 +22.58

Jakarta 5201.38 4274.18 +21.69

Manila 7294.21 5889.83 +22.84

Ho Chi Minh 605.10 504.63 +19.91

($1 = 44.8200 Philippine peso)

($1 = 3.2515 Malaysian ringgit)

($1 = 11,975.0000 rupiah)

(1 US dollar = 32.2700 Thai baht)

(Reporting by Shihar Aneez; Additional reporting by Fransiska

Nangoy in Jakarta; Editing by Anand Basu)