Thai SET Index Falls 0.7% to 1,489.29 for Third Straight Session
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Updated · MarketWatch · May 11
Thai SET Index Falls 0.7% to 1,489.29 for Third Straight Session
8 articles · Updated · MarketWatch · May 11
Thailand’s benchmark SET Index lost 0.7% to 1,489.29 on Monday, extending its decline to a third consecutive session.
Thaicom and Saha Pathana Inter-Holding led the retreat with 9.2% drops, while Nintendo TDR fell 7.5%, showing broad pressure across industrial, services and consumer names.
Rocket Lab TDR jumped 24.8%, Intel TDR gained 20.0% and Micron Technology TDR rose 16.8%, but those advances were not enough to lift the broader market.
Across the region, moves were mixed: South Korea’s KOSPI surged 4.3% and Shanghai rose 1.1%, while Indonesia fell 0.9%, Japan slipped 0.5% and Australia lost 0.5%.
The dollar climbed 0.7% to 32.42 baht and the euro added 0.6% to 38.17 baht, indicating a weaker Thai currency alongside the equity slide.
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