Southeast Asia stocks: Thai shares fall; Vietnam outperforms

BANGKOK: Thai stocks retreated on Friday as investors cut some risk exposure after a blast at an anti-government protest rally, with most others in Southeast Asia rangebound amid Asian stock market weakness and downbeat results on Wall Street. 
    Thai SET index finished down 0.5 percent on the day,
trimming its gain on the week to 3.2 percent. It was among the
region's outperformers on the week, helped by bargain hunting in
a reporting season, including banking shares.
    An explosive device wounded 28 anti-government protesters in
the Thai capital on Friday and other violence was reported after
several days of relative calm when the movement appeared to be
running out of steam. 
    Vietnam was the region's bright spot. The benchmark VN Index
 climbed 1.88 percent, extending its winning streak to 11
sessions. It was up 4.8 percent on the week, Southeast Asia's
best, ahead of Indonesia's 3.7 percent weekly gain.

SOUTHEAST ASIAN STOCK MARKETS
 Change on day
 Market             Current     Prev Close    Pct Move
 TR SE Asia Index*   385.52        385.54       -0.01
 Singapore          3147.33       3140.44       +0.22
 Bangkok            1295.41       1301.48       -0.47
 Jakarta            4412.23       4412.49       -0.01
 Manila             5987.09       5982.24       +0.08
 Ho Chi Minh         543.59        533.54       +1.88
 
 Change on year
 Market             Current       End 2013    Pct Move
 TR SE Asia Index*   385.42        388.37       -0.76
 Singapore          3147.33       3167.43       -0.63
 Kuala Lumpur          --         1866.96       -2.89
 Bangkok            1295.41       1298.71       -0.25
 Jakarta            4412.23       4274.18       +3.23
 Manila             5987.09       5889.83       +1.65
 Ho Chi Minh         543.59        504.63       +7.72
 
* The Thomson Reuters South East Asia Index               is a
highly representative indicator of stocks listed in Indonesia,
Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
    
 Stock Market Volume (shares)
 Market          Current Volume    Average Volume 30 days
 Singapore         204,128,200          179,536,867      
 Bangkok             6,878,829            4,923,300      
 Jakarta         2,918,989,200        2,932,950,307    
 Manila                 98,758               65,713    
 Ho Chi Minh           118,065               85,733- Reuters