SE Asia Stocks-Philippines gains on technical rebound; Indonesia down

By Geo Tharappel

Feb 16 (Reuters) - Philippine shares on Thursday recouped

previous session's losses to end higher as industrials and

financials rallied, while Indonesia closed lower after the

much-watched first round election for Jakarta governor produced

no clear outcome.

Unofficial sample vote counts pointed to a second round

between the incumbent Basuki Tjahaja Purnama and Anies Baswedan,

a former education minister, after neither appeared to win a

majority in Wednesday's election.

The General Elections Commission is expected to announce

official results in around two weeks, and the earliest a second

round will be held is April.

The Jakarta SE Composite index ended the session 0.1

percent lower, dragged down mainly by financial stocks.

PT Bank Mandiri Tbk fell 2 percent to close at its

lowest level in nearly two weeks. The biggest Indonesian bank by

assets reported a 32 percent drop in its 2016 net profit on

Tuesday. Trading volumes were nearly thrice the 30-day average.

Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) Tbk PT fell 1.6

percent in heavy trade.

Philippine shares closed 1.5 percent higher. The

index had fallen significantly in the last two trading sessions.

"We are the outlier in the region, but again it's a

technical rebound," said Victor Felix, equity analyst at AB

Capital Securities.

"There is a lack of catalysts right now ... starting end of

this month or beginning of next month we should see a downtrend

coming up to the (U.S. Federal Reserve) meeting."

Conglomerate SM Investments Corp gained 2.9 percent,

while JG Summit Holdings Inc rose 3.8 percent to its

highest close since Jan. 30.

Singapore index extended gains to close 0.3 percent

higher, boosted by financials and industrials.

Top lender DBS Group Holdings Ltd gained 1.7

percent despite posting its lowest quarterly profit in two

years.

Thai Beverage PCL extended gains to rise 2.1

percent to its highest close in three months.

Vietnam stocks snapped four sessions of gains to

close 0.3 percent lower, off from the nine-year high hit earlier

in the session.

Banks, which led the previous session's rally, were the

biggest drags on the index. Vietcombank fell 1 percent

to its lowest close in more than three weeks.

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SOUTHEAST ASIAN STOCK MARKETS : Change on the day

Market Current prev close Pct Move

Singapore 3096.69 3088.48 0.27

Bangkok 1576.05 1573.37 0.17

Manila 7283.25 7174.3 1.52

Jakarta 5377.998 5380.67 -0.05

Kuala Lumpur 1707.59 1709.79 -0.13

Ho Chi Minh 709.35 711.57 -0.31

Change this year

Market Current End 2016 Pct Move

Singapore 3096.69 2880.76 7.50

Bangkok 1576.05 1542.94 2.15

Manila 7283.25 6840.64 6.47

Jakarta 5377.998 5296.711 1.53

Kuala Lumpur 1707.59 1641.73 4.01

Ho Chi Minh 709.35 664.87 6.69

(Reporting by Geo Tharappel in Bengaluru; Additional reporting

by Christina Martin)