SE Asia Stocks-Singapore stocks fall on tech selloff; Philippines looks up

* Singapore index down, but posts 4th week of gains

* Philippine shares extend weekly losses for 8th week in 9

* Vietnam shares up over 2 pct

By Nikhil Nainan

April 20 (Reuters) - Singapore stocks ended lower on Friday

tracking a broader selloff in technology stocks across Asia,

while Philippine shares ended higher after heavy losses through

the week.

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

slumped 1.2 percent after the world's largest

contract chipmaker, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd

, forecast softer demand for smartphones.

Singapore shares took a hit after shares of tech

service provider Venture Corp Ltd plunged over 12

percent to their lowest in eight weeks.

Comments from TSMC and weaker-than-expected results from

cigarette giant Philip Morris International Inc weighed

on Venture, said Joel Ng, a research analyst at KGI Securities

in Singapore.

"Philip Morris is a key client, Venture makes e-cigarettes

for Philip Morris," he added

Despite Friday's losses, the index posted a fourth

consecutive week of gains.

Indonesian shares edged down 0.3 percent, as

consumer staple stocks weighed on the index.

On Thursday, Indonesia's central bank kept its key interest

rate unchanged, tying the decision to a need to maintain

stability.

Malaysian stocks slipped 0.4 percent, following a

record closing high in the previous session.

DiGi.Com Bhd and Genting Bhd weighed on

the index, falling 2.6 percent and 2.1 percent, respectively.

Meanwhile, Vietnamese shares ended up 2.3 percent,

but closed 3.2 percent lower for the week.

Index heavyweights led the gains, with Joint Stock

Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Viet Nam and

Petrovietnam Gas Joint Stock Corp soaring 4.9 percent

and 3.6 percent respectively.

Philippine shares edged up on Friday, ending yet

another rough week, and posting an eighth weekly loss in nine.

"One of the things we can definitely say is that the market

has been very volatile lately. So this (today's gain) is just a

manifestation of that volatility," said April Lee-Tan, head of

research at COL Financial.

Despite worries over rising inflation, which fuelled heavy

foreign selling on Thursday, Philippine Central Bank Governor

Nestor Espenilla said the monetary authority is satisfied with

its current policy actions.

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Change on the day

Market Current Previous close Pct Move

Singapore 3573.38 3598.73 -0.70

Bangkok 1801.28 1794.94 0.35

Manila 7726.72 7682.24 0.58

Jakarta 6337.695 6355.901 -0.29

Kuala Lumpur 1887.75 1895.18 -0.39

Ho Chi Minh 1119.86 1094.63 2.30

Change on year

Market Current End 2017 Pct Move

Singapore 3573.38 3402.92 5.01

Bangkok 1801.28 1753.71 2.71

Manila 7726.72 8558.42 -9.72

Jakarta 6337.695 6355.654 -0.28

Kuala Lumpur 1887.75 1796.81 5.06

Ho Chi Minh 1119.86 984.24 13.78

(Reporting by Nikhil Kurian Nainan; Editing by Sunil Nair)