Thursday, May 19, 2016

SE Asia Stocks-Singapore heads for first gain in 3 days; Philippines down

By Anusha Ravindranath

May 20 (Reuters) - Singapore shares were on track to snap

two sessions of falls on Friday, helped by gains in banking

stocks, while the Philippine market hit its lowest level in nine

days on profit-taking.

The Straits Times Index was 0.8 percent higher after

losing 1.3 percent in the previous session on concerns over the

possibility of a Fed rate hike in June.

"We believe that the higher interest rate expectation has

been baked into the market," said Carey Wong

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