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* Vietnam plunges to three-month low * Thai and Malaysian stocks set for sixth consecutive day of loss * Philippines: massive sale of foreign investors * Indonesian dollars tend to rise By Rashmi Ashok October 25 (Reuters) - Most stock markets in Southeast Asia collapsed Thursday, following a technological defeat on Wall Street that the gains of the year have been erased, leaving poorer investors billions of dollars in global markets. Disappointing forecasts from chip makers push the boundaries of technology private sector, sending investors rushing to the security of bonds, pushing Wall Street to its worst fall in a day since 2011. A concoction of other negative factors like Saudi Arabia diplomatic tensions, fears of slowing global growth and The Brexit stalemate has scared investors with the widest MSCI index decline in Asia-Pacific equities outside Japan about 2 percent. Vietnamese stocks plunged up to 4% on a three month low and were on track for a sixth consecutive day in the red. Financial and real estate stocks were hit beating it, with the lender Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign The Vietnam Trade Loses 2.7% and the Vingroup JSC Group lose 2.3 percent. Philippine shares fell 2.3%, driven by banking and industrial stocks, pushing the loss of the index this week at 2.6 percent. "About 45 minutes after the start of trading, net sales abroad have already reached more than 100 million pesos. After last night bloody session on Wall Street, as one could expect from strangers step up the sale of Philippine shares, while local investors remain on the sidelines, "said Fio Dejesus, a researcher analyst at RCBC Securities. The banking giant BDO Unibank Inc. lost 3.6% and SM Investments Corp industrial conglomerate dropped 2.7 percent. "It's a robbery for security, they come in less risk assets like government treasuries because the sense of risk has hit the emerging markets very hard, "he added. The shares of Singapore have experienced the same gloomy feeling, give up the short-lived gains of the previous day to take each week losses to more than 2 percent. Casino and gaming operator Genting Singapore Ltd fell 3.3% and investor Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) Ltd lost 1.7%. Malaysian stocks have followed the same path, losing 0.8 percent, showing its sixth in a row session of losses. Plantation and industrial heavyweight Sime Darby Berhad lost 5.9 percent and oil and gas service provider The Berhad dialogue group lost 3.9%. After the heavy losses of energy stocks of the previous session, the Thai index extended the losses and was ready for a series of six-day losses. All sectors marketed in the red, with oil and the PTT PCL gas refiner losing 1 percent and the lender Siam Commercial Bank PCL lost 2.2%. Indonesian stocks seemed to escape the worst, slightly higher, gains in financial stocks offsetting losses in other sectors. Lender PT Bank Central Asia Tbk gained 0.8 percent while the heavyweight and auto sector truck manufacturer PT Astra International Tbk lost 0.3 percent. For Asian companies, click. SOUTH-EAST ASIAN ACQUISITION MARKETS AT 0341 GMT Current market Back close Pct Move Singapore 3002.07 3032.08 -0.99 Bangkok 1602.92 1623.37 -1.26 Manila 6962.36 7129.42 -2.34 Jakarta 5716.568 5709.417 0.13 Kuala Lumpur 1676.68 1690.04 -0.79 Ho Chi Minh 893.99 922.73 -3.11 Change of year Market current late 2017 Pct Move Singapore 3002.07 3402.92 -11.78 Bangkok 1602.92 1753.71 -8.60 Manila 6962.36 8558.42 -18.65 Jakarta 5716.568 6355.654 -10.06 Kuala Lumpur 1676.68 1796.81 -6.69 Ho Chi Minh 893.99 984.24 -9.17 (Report by Rashmi Ashok, edited by Sunil Nair)
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