Thursday, May 26, 2016

SE Asia Stocks-Sluggish on worries over China slowdown, Fed rate rise

By Aparajita Saxena

May 26 (Reuters) - Southeast Asian stocks were largely

sluggish on Thursday as worries over an imminent rate increase

by the U.S. Fed and signs of a slowdown in China hit sentiment,

but higher oil prices boosted energy shares across the board.

Chinese stocks fell to 2-1/2 month lows before closing

slightly higher on growing worries that the economy was losing

steam.

Data on Wednesday showed profits at China's state-owned

firms fell 8.4 percent year-on-year in the

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