(Reuters file photo)Most Southeast Asian stock markets ended higher on Friday tracking peers in Asia, with the Philippines leading the pack on bargain-hunting. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was marginally higher ahead of the US jobs report later in the day. Philippine shares ended 0.7% higher buoyed by gains in utilities and financial stocks. The index ended a third straight week higher. Bucking the trend, Singapore ended 0.3% down, as oil and gas stocks took a hit from lower oil prices.

Source: Bangkok Post August 04, 2017 10:18 UTC