SE Asia Stocks-Most markets fall on risk-off sentiment; Vietnam, Indonesia gain

* Singapore shares extend fall to over 8-1/2-month closing

low

* Philippine shares erase gains to end lower for eighth

session

By Ambar Warrick

June 25 (Reuters) - Most Southeast Asian stock markets fell

on Monday, tracking broader Asia amid a sustained equity

sell-off, while Vietnam shares extended their recovery into a

second session.

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

fell about 1 percent after a Wall Street Journal

report that U.S. President Donald Trump planned to bar many

Chinese companies from investing in U.S. technology firms and

block additional technology exports to China.

Safe-haven assets such as the Japanese yen and gold

saw higher bids. The yen rose about 0.4 percent against

the dollar.

In Southeast Asia, Singapore shares fell 0.8 percent,

extending their decline into a third session and hitting their

lowest since Oct. 4, 2017. Financials were the largest drags on

the index, with lenders DBS Group and Oversea-Chinese

Banking Corp shedding 0.9 percent and 1.3 percent

respectively.

Singapore's headline inflation rate quickened more than

expected in May from a year earlier, hinting that the island

state may see increased inflationary pressure in the near

future.

Philippine shares gave up early gains to close at

their lowest in 1-1/2 years, and marked their eighth consecutive

session of decline.

Industrials were the biggest drags on the index, with SM

Investments Corp declining about 2.7 percent.

Vietnam shares ended about 0.8 percent higher,

building on Friday's gains, as financial and real estate stocks

led the charge.

"It's a modest recovery... The market looked technically

oversold on Friday, while valuations are far less expensive now.

However, overall activity is well below peaks and sentiment

remains fragile," said Fiachra MacCana, head of research at Ho

Chi Minh Securities.

Indonesian shares rose about 0.6 percent, with

consumer staples and financials leading the gains.

Indonesia's trade deficit narrowed to $1.52 billion in May

but was worse than expected, due to higher oil prices. The

rupiah fell about 0.6 percent to the dollar following

the news.

An index of the country's 45 most liquid stocks

ended 1.1 percent higher.

SOUTHEAST ASIAN STOCK MARKETS

STOCK MARKETS

Change on the day

Market Current Previous close Pct Move

Singapore 3260.84 3287.4 -0.81

Bangkok 1622.28 1634.98 -0.78

Manila 6986.88 7063.2 -1.08

Jakarta 5859.083 5821.812 0.64

Kuala Lumpur 1678.1 1694.15 -0.95

Ho Chi Minh 990.52 983.17 0.75

Change on year

Market Current End 2017 Pct Move

Singapore 3260.84 3402.92 -4.18

Bangkok 1622.28 1753.71 -7.49

Manila 6986.88 8558.42 -18.36

Jakarta 5859.083 6355.654 -7.81

Kuala Lumpur 1678.1 1796.81 -6.61

Ho Chi Minh 990.52 984.24 0.64

(Reporting by Ambar Warrick in Bengaluru; Editing by Subhranshu

Sahu)