* Singapore dollar tanks to 10-month low
* Brent crude price rise to near nine-month high
* Dollar index near 6-month high

By Archishma Iyer
       Sept 6 (Reuters) - The Malaysian ringgit and Indonesian
rupiah eased slightly on Wednesday, but still led declines among
emerging Asia currencies
as investors shied away from riskier assets due to concerns
about global economic growth and higher oil prices.
    The ringgit slipped about 0.2% to its lowest level
since end of June, while the Indonesian rupiah lost about
0.3%. 
    The Singapore dollar fell as much as 0.2% to trade at
1.364 per dollar, its weakest in 10 months, before paring some
losses to be nearly flat.   
    Weak services activity data out of China on Tuesday, and the
 dim manufacturing numbers from Britain and Europe and Britain
cast some gloom over the outlook globally, prompting investors
to reduce exposure to risk-sensitive assets. 
        Further denting investor sentiment, Brent crude prices
rose overnight after Saudi Arabia and Russia extended their
supply cuts for longer than expected. 
    "The second engine room of the globe – China - is still
awaiting a major lifeline," Jessica Amir, a markets strategist
with trading platform Moomoo said, "Plus, as we expected,
inflationary concerns, in the way of a higher oil price, are
causing investors to question why they rushed into equities so
hard and fast this year."
    Investors will also look out for speeches from Fed officials
before the next policy meeting on Sept. 19-20, after Fed
Governor Christopher Waller signalled that latest economic data
gave more space to consider further hikes in U.S. rates. 
    Markets expect the Fed to hold rates steady when it meets
later this month, but have been split over the outlook moving
forward.  
    The dollar index, which measures the strength of the
greenback against six major currencies, was near 104.7, at 0407
GMT. 
    Other Asian currencies like the South Korean won,
Taiwan dollar and the Philippines peso lost in
the range of 0.1% and 0.2%.  
    Among Asian equities, stocks in Singapore,
Philippines, and Taiwan slipped between 0.1% and
0.2%, while those in Indonesia and  Malaysia
edged 0.2% and 0.4% higher.  
           
  
    HIGHLIGHTS:    
    ** Indonesia's benchmark 10-year bond yield rises to 6.511%
    ** Singapore's DBS raises $1.5 bln in two US dlr bond
tranches -term sheet  
    ** POLL-China's exports, imports likely contracted more
slowly in August   

    
 Asia stock indexes and currencies at 0407 GMT
 COUNTRY    FX RIC     FX DAILY  FX YTD %    INDEX  STOCKS  STOCKS
                              %                      DAILY   YTD %
                                                         %  
 Japan                    +0.12    -11.13             0.65   27.43
 China                                                     
 India                    -0.04     -0.42            -0.03    8.09
 Indonesia                -0.28     +1.71             0.19    2.26
 Malaysia                 -0.21     -5.78             0.39   -2.34
 Philippin                -0.04     -2.23            -0.17   -5.36
 es                                                         
 S.Korea                                                   
 Singapore                -0.01     -1.59            -0.15   -0.91
 Taiwan                   -0.18     -3.89            -0.13   18.62
 Thailand                 -0.08     -2.48             0.19   -7.06
 
 (Reporting by Archishma Iyer in Bengaluru; Editing by Simon
Cameron-Moore)