SE Asia Stocks - Most edge up; Singapore up on banks

March 23 (Reuters) - Most Southeast Asian stock markets

edged up on Monday, in line with regional peers after a weaker

U.S. dollar and a fall in U.S. treasury yields helped fuel a

rally in Wall Street.

However, shares in Thailand traded lower after its

central bank trimmed this year's growth estimate.

Singapore's key Straits Times Index was up 0.2

percent at 0614 GMT, led by banking stocks. DBS Group Holdings

Ltd gained 1.1 percent, while United Overseas Bank Ltd

rose 0.7 percent, and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Ltd

edged up 0.4 percent.

Citi Research said in a report on Monday that it expects the

three Singapore banks' credit costs to fall this year compared

with last year.

However, the death of Singapore's founding Prime Minister

Lee Kuan Yew and a seven-day period of national mourning from

Monday could hit market sentiment.

Indonesia's Jakarta Composite Index and Malaysia's

main stock index edged up 0.1 percent each, while the

Philippines index was steady.

In Bangkok, losses in Big C Supercenter and

Advanced Info Service dragged the broader SET index

0.1 percent lower to 1,528.40.

"We estimate it (the index) will move in a range of

1,510/15-1,550/55 points, although window dressing should start

today," Broker Maybank Kim Eng Securities said in a note.

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan

was up 0.43 percent by midday.

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SOUTHEAST ASIAN STOCK MARKETS

Change at 0614 GMT

Market Current Prev Close Pct Move

Singapore 3418.68 3412.44 +0.18

Kuala Lumpur 1805.35 1803.65 +0.09

Bangkok 1528.40 1529.96 -0.10

Jakarta 5447.20 5443.07 +0.08

Manila 7819.13 7818.38 +0.01

Ho Chi Minh 575.35 575.44 -0.09

(Reporting by Shihar Aneez in COLOMBO and Viparat Jantraprap in

BANGKOK; Editing by Anand Basu)