SE Asia Stocks-Singapore slips on lower oil prices; Vietnam down nearly 1 pct

By Aparajita Saxena

July 19 (Reuters) - Southeast Asia stocks were sluggish on

Tuesday, with Vietnam closing nearly 1 percent lower after blue

chips lost ground, while Singapore fell, dragged down by oil and

gas stocks.

Vietnam slipped in afternoon trade, dragged down by

energy stocks, with top-listed energy firm by value Petrovietnam

Gas Joint Stock Corp down 1.54 percent.

Singapore finished down 0.3 percent, tracking lower

global oil prices.

Oil prices eased on Tuesday as conc

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