 Southeast Asian shares rose onThursday, taking cues from Wall Street that rose overnight afteroil prices recovered and the U.S. Congress looked set to approvea fresh fiscal package. The House of Representatives is expected to clear a reliefpackage worth 484 billion later on Thursday, which would takethe overall U.S. federal financial response to the coronaviruspandemic to almost 3 trillion. Aiding sentiment was a gain in oil prices amid signs thatproducers are cutting output to cope with a collapse in demandfor fuel. Asia is showing no inclination this week to follow its ownpath and looks to be following Wall Streets lead again andmarking stocks higher ...With so many moving and unpredictableparts in the world, this is a sensible strategy, said JeffreyHalley, senior market analyst at OANDA. In the region, the Philippines index climbed as muchas 1.8 as consumer and financial stocks rallied. Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co gained as much as4.1, while Jollibee Foods advanced about 4.5 to be ontrack for its best day since April 14. The energy and industrial sectors helped Vietnams benchmark rise as much as 2.2 its best session since April 13. Petroleum Equipment and Metal was up more than 6,while Hoa Binh Rubber jumped as much as about 7. In Indonesia, the benchmark firmed as much as 1.2,boosted by consumer stocks. Unilever Indonesia climbedalmost 2.5 to its highest since April 7, while Indofood rose as much as 1.5. Thai stocks rose as much as 1.1 to hit theirhighest since March 11, as energy stocks helped. Thai Oil gained as much as 2.5, its highest innearly seven weeks, while PTG Energy rose 4.6 to a sixweek peak. Singapores Straits Times Index was little changed. For Asian Companies click; SOUTHEAST ASIAN STOCK MARKETS AS AT 0347 GMT Change on the day Market Current Previous close Pct Move Singapore 2551.37 2550.04 0.05 Bangkok 1269.62 1261.81 0.62 Manila 5616.88 5573.75 0.77 Jakarta 4611.566 4567.562 0.96 Kuala Lumpur 1385.4 1381.89 0.25 Ho Chi Minh 773.1 768.92 0.54 Change so far in 2020 Market Current End 2019 Pct Move Singapore 2551.37 3222.83 -20.83 Bangkok 1269.62 1579.84 -19.64 Manila 5616.88 7,815.26 -28.13 Jakarta 4611.566 6,299.54 -26.80 Kuala Lumpur 1385.4 1588.76 -12.80 Ho Chi Minh 773.1 960.99 -19.55 Reporting by Nikhil Subba in Bengaluru; editing by Uttaresh.V 