Meanwhile Southeast Asian stock markets rose in line with Asian peers on Thursday, reversing the previous session's losses on cues from Wall Street which ended mixed overnight with an upside bias.
"Since there is not much actionable news coming from Asia, I think the markets are just taking cues from U.S. equities which rebounded last night after a four-day losing streak," said Victor Felix, an equity analyst with AB Capital Securities.
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