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SE Asia Stocks -Most up; Thai index hits two-week high

Aug 13 (Reuters) - The Thai index rose to a two-week high on

Wednesday while most other Southeast Asian markets were slightly

firmer as cautious investors awaited cues on the global economy.

Thailand's main stock index jumped 1.3 percent to

its highest intra-day level since July 19.

Stockbrokers and strategists attributed the strong gain to

hopes of better earnings and as the market had resumed after two

days of holidays since closing on Friday.

Other markets were mostly sluggish as cautious investors

stayed on the sidelines on worries over global growth and as the

crisis in Ukraine threatened a fragile economic recovery in

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Europe.

Weak loan data on Chinese banks also added to worries over

the global economy as markets braced for more Chinese economic

reports later in the day, including industrial production and

retail sales for July.

The Malaysian index was up 0.2 percent at 0637 GMT,

while Philippines traded 0.1 percent firmer after

recovering from early losses.

The Jakarta Composite Index edged up 0.2 percent

with the market expecting the index to fall on an expected

worsening of the current account deficit in the second quarter

and talks over cutting the fuel subsidy.

On Friday, Bank Indonesia is expected to announce that the

country's current account deficit in April-June roughly doubled

from the first quarter, but the central bank is not seen

tightening policy any time soon.

Bucking the trend Singapore was down 0.2 percent, a

day after the city-state's economic data pointed that weakness

in the services sector is set to weigh on growth in the second

half of the year.

Vietnam's benchmark VN Index was down 0.1 percent.

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SOUTHEAST ASIAN STOCK MARKETS

Change at 0633 GMT

Market Current Prev Close Pct Move

TR SE Asia Index* 440.89 438.51 +0.54

Singapore 3296.98 3303.39 -0.19

Kuala Lumpur 1853.34 1850.39 +0.16

Bangkok 1539.74 1520.31 +1.28

Jakarta 5142.43 5132.40 +0.20

Manila 6991.36 6983.49 +0.11

Ho Chi Minh 601.27 601.78 -0.08

* The Thomson Reuters South East Asia Index is a

highly representative indicator of stocks listed in Indonesia,

Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

(Reporting by Shihar Aneez in New Delhi; Editing by Sunil Nair)