SE Asia Stocks-Most end higher; Vietnam up nearly 4 pct

* Vietnam shares close up at 3.8 percent

* Jollibee Foods Corp drags Philippines index lower

By Christina Martin

Feb 12 (Reuters) - Most Southeast Asian stock markets

finished higher on Monday tracking U.S. stocks which gained more

than 1 percent in the previous session, restoring some

confidence in investors.

S&P 500 e-mini futures rose 0.30 pct late Sunday as

trading reopened after the S&P 500 Index recorded its worst week

in two years.

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

crept up 0.6 percent, having suffered a 7.3

percent drubbing last week.

Vietnam shares snapped two sessions of losses and

ended 3.8 percent higher with financials and realty leading the

gains.

Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Viet Nam

rose 4.2 percent while Vingroup JSC climbed

6.9 percent to over a one-week closing high.

Singapore shares jumped 0.2 percent as financial

stocks gained. DBS Group Holdings Ltd rose 2.3 percent

and was the biggest gainer on the index.

A Reuters poll on Monday predicted quarter-on-quarter growth

at 2 percent in the October-December period on a seasonally

adjusted and annualised basis, slowing from the 2.8 percent

preliminary figure.

Malaysia rose 0.6 percent with telecom and financial

stocks leading the gains.

Axiata Group Bhd rose nearly 3 percent to its

highest close in a week and Public Bank Bhd added 0.6

percent.

The biggest gainer on the index was Telekom Malaysia Bhd

, up 3.7 percent to a one-week closing high.

Malaysia's economy grew more slowly in the last quarter of

2017 than the blistering pace set in July-September, a Reuters

poll showed.

Thai shares gained 0.7 percent with energy and

utilities accounting for most of the gains.

PTT PCL rose 1.7 percent while Gulf Energy

Development PCL jumped 4.1 percent to its highest

close in over two weeks.

Philippine shares, however, ended lower for a third straight

session, down 0.2 percent, dragged by consumer discretionary and

real estate stocks.

Jollibee Foods Corp dropped 3.1 percent and was the

biggest loser on the index while real estate business Ayala Land

Inc closed down 0.9 percent.

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SOUTHEAST ASIAN STOCK MARKETS

Change on day

Market Current Previous close Pct Move

Singapore 3384.98 3377.24 0.23

Bangkok 1799.45 1786.45 0.73

Manila 8487.91 8503.69 -0.19

Jakarta 6523.454 6505.523 0.28

Kuala Lumpur 1830.17 1819.82 0.57

Ho Chi Minh 1041.79 1003.94 3.77

Change on year

Market Current End 2017 Pct Move

Singapore 3384.98 3402.92 -0.53

Bangkok 1799.45 1753.71 2.61

Manila 8487.91 8558.42 -0.82

Jakarta 6523.454 6355.654 2.64

Kuala Lumpur 1830.17 1796.81 1.86

Ho Chi Minh 1041.79 984.24 5.85

(Reporting by Christina Martin in Bengaluru; Editing by Vyas

Mohan)