Wednesday, February 1, 2017

SE Asia Stocks-Largely up after Fed stands pat; Vietnam hits 9-yr high

By Geo Tharappel

Feb 2 (Reuters) - Most Southeast Asian stock markets were

higher on Thursday in line with Asian peers, after the U.S.

Federal Reserve stuck to its mildly upbeat economic view but

gave no hints of rate hikes.

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

rose as much as 0.6 percent at one point to hit

its highest since mid-October.

"It was already priced in... Everybody was expecting that

there would be no rate hikes," said Mikey Macanaig, an analyst

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