Thailand shares added Thursday, with the composite Thailand SET Index
SET,
adding 0.3% to 1,415.27.
Jasmine Tech Soln
JTS,
a technology company, was the biggest leader during the session, jumping 10.7%, and retail/wholesale firm PTG Energy
PTG,
increased 6.0%. Sri Trang Agro-Industry
STA,
which operates in the industrial goods space, rounded out the top three leaders on Thursday, with shares increasing 5.3%.
Thai Group Holdings
TGH,
a financial services firm, posted the largest decline, falling 3.0%, followed by shares of industrial goods company Delta Electronics
DELTA,
which declined 2.7%. Shares of financial services company Thai Life Insurance
TLI,
fell 2.2%.
In other parts of Southeast Asia, Singapore’s FTSE Straits Times Index
STI,
added 1.4%, and Malaysia’s FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI
FBMKLCI,
increased 0.2%. The Philippines’ PSEi Index
PSEI,
increased 0.9%, and Indonesia’s JSX Composite Index
JAKIDX,
rose 0.8%.
Elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific region, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index
HSI,
gained 2.5%, while the NIKKEI 225 Index
NIK,
of Japanese companies dropped 0.4%. China’s Shanghai Composite Index
SHCOMP,
rose 1.4%.
South Korea’s KOSPI Composite Index
180721,
gained 1.6%, while Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Benchmark Index
XJO,
rose 0.7%.
On the currency front, the U.S. dollar
USDTHB,
fell 0.5% to 34.17 Thai baht, and the euro
EURTHB,
fell 0.3% to 38.00 baht.
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