Southeast Asian markets rose on Thursday, floowing stronger Asian peers. (AP photo)Most Southeast Asian stock markets rose on Thursday, following stronger Asian peers, as sentiment was upbeat on encouraging economic data from the United States. Data released on Wednesday showed that activity in the world's largest economy's services sector boomed to an 11-month high in September. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.4%. Singapore shares climbed to their highest in a month, aided by gains in financials, the biggest constituent of the index, and industrial stocks.

Source: Bangkok Post October 06, 2016 10:17 UTC