SE Asia Stocks-Earnings jitters dominate, S'pore near 1 week-low
* S'pore falls led by big-caps and banking stocks
* Energy, banks pull Thai index to lowest in nearly 7 weeks
By Viparat Jantraprap
BANGKOK, July 13 (Reuters) - Southeast Asian stock markets fell on Monday, with Singapore slipping close to a one-week low due to losses in big caps such as CapitaLand and SingTel, while the Thai index hit its lowest in almost seven weeks.
Concern about company earnings and the uncertain prospects for U.S. economic recovery continued to weigh on most Asian bourses, analysts said.
"Stock markets were trading on expectations of weak quarterly results and partly because their recent rally has been overdone," said Pichai Lertsupongkij, head of sales at Thanachart Securities.
The MSCI index of Asia-Pacific stocks outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS was down 2.8 percent at 0942 GMT.
Singapore's benchmark index .FTSTI lost 1.8 percent, after falling early in the day by 2.1 percent to its lowest since July 8, with developer CapitaLand (CATL.SI) down 2.4 percent and Singapore Telecommunications (STEL.SI) down 1.3 percent.
Thailand's SET index .SETI ended down 0.6 percent, after falling as much as 1.8 percent to its lowest since May 28, with the biggest energy firm, PTT PTT.BK, losing 0.5 percent, tracking weaker crude prices.
Oil fell more than $1 to below $59 a barrel on Monday, slipping towards a seven-week low on concern about the state of the global economy.
Big banks mostly dropped, with Bangkok Bank BBL.BK down 3.5 percent, second-ranked Krung Thai Bank KTB.BK down 3.6 percent and third-biggest Siam Commercial Bank SCB.BK down 1.9 percent.
Thai commercial banks were expected to post an average fall in second-quarter net profit of 20 percent due to an increase in loan loss provisions, narrower net interest margins and weaker loan growth, Thanachart's Pichai said.
Bank shares in Singapore also fell ahead of quarterly results due in early August, with DBS Group (DBSM.SI), Southeast Asia's top bank, down 1.9 percent and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC.SI) down 2.9 percent.
Elsewhere, Malaysia's index .KLSE eased 0.4 percent, weighed down by Berjaya Sports Toto Bhd (BSTB.KL), which was off 7.6 percent, and Malayan Banking (MBBM.KL), down 0.9 percent.
Jakarta .JKSE closed down 2.1 percent, with Bank Rakyat (BBRI.JK) slipping 4.4 percent and gas distribution firm Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGAS.JK) 2.9 percent lower.
The Philippine index .PSI ended a two-day rise, losing 0.2 percent, with Manila Electric Co (MER.PS) down 2.8 percent, while Vietnam's index .VNI dropped 2.8 percent to its lowest since July 3, with Bao Viet Holdings BVH.HM, the largest insurer, down 5 percent. ($1=34.09 Baht) (Editing by Alan Raybould)
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