* Indonesia snaps 10-day winning streak
* Thailand posts biggest weekly loss in over 5 months
* Singapore Sept industrial production beats expectations
By Sameer Manekar
Oct 25 (Reuters) - Thai shares closed at an over nine-month
low on Friday due to fears of a weak earnings season after a
dismal show by major banks, while Indonesia ended a 10-day rally
on profit taking.
Caution also pervaded in the region before a summit in Chile
where U.S. President Donald Trump hopes to finalise a partial
trade deal with China's Xi Jinping.
Meanwhile, a speech by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on
Thursday criticizing China of handling protests in Hong Kong
further rattled confidence. Leading declines in Southeast Asia, the Thai index .SETI
ended 1.7% lower on Friday, its worst closing since Jan. 21.
Financials were among the biggest drags, with Bank of Ayudhya
BAY.BK and Krung Thai Bank KTB.BK slipping 3.9% and 1.2%
each.
For the week, the index posted it biggest weekly loss in
over 5 months.
The country's second-largest lender Kasirkonbank Pcl
KBANK.BK extended losses to a fifth day. The company had
forecast its gross non-performing loan ratio to widen in fiscal
2020 as compared to last year. "Investors are concerned about the earnings seasons. For the
time it seems reports from banking sectors so far are not so
good, with concerns about non-performing loans," said Teerada
Charnyingyong, an analyst at Phillip Capital Thailand.
"Concerns from the banking sector earnings will impact other
sectors in this earning season."
Indonesian stocks .JKSE marked their worst day in more
than a month after gaining 5.2% over a 10-day winning streak.
The index posted a third consecutive weekly gain.
"The composite index has already increased quite a bit since
Oct 10, and then after the cabinet was announced followed by the
rate cut....so I think today market is just fixing profit," said
Christine Natasya, equity analyst at Mirae Asset Indonesia.
Financials and consumer firms were among the top decliners,
with Bank Central Asia BBCA.JK and Unilever Indonesia
UNVR.JK losing 1.6% and 2.5% each.
Southeast Asia's largest economy's fiscal deficit in 2019
is seen widening to around 2.0%-2.2% of gross domestic product
(GDP), a finance ministry official said, instead of the 1.93%
forecast earlier. Market focus will now turn to the U.S. Federal Reserve
meeting next week, where it is expected to cut rates for a third
time this year. Singapore shares .STI gained 0.5%, buoyed by strong
industrial output data for the city-state, and a 6.9% rise in
Singapore Exchange SGXL.SI after the bourse reported its
biggest quarterly net profit in 12 years on Thursday.
Philippine stocks .PSI slipped 0.4%, with BDO Unibank
BDO.PS and Ayala Corp AC.PS among the biggest losers.
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SOUTHEAST ASIAN STOCK MARKETS
Change on the day
Market Current Previous close Pct Move
Singapore 3185.53 3168.87 0.53
Bangkok 1593.28 1620.97 -1.71
Manila 7922.5 7950.98 -0.36
Jakarta 6252.345 6339.647 -1.38
Kuala Lumpur 1570 1571.11 -0.07
Ho Chi Minh 996.57 993.6 0.30
Change so far in 2019
Market Current End 2018 Pct Move
Singapore 3185.53 3068.76 3.81
Bangkok 1593.28 1563.88 1.88
Manila 7922.5 7,466.02 6.11
Jakarta 6252.345 6,194.50 0.93
Kuala Lumpur 1570 1690.58 -7.13
Ho Chi Minh 996.57 892.54 11.66
($1 = 1.3628 Singapore dollars)