Thai share prices made marginal losses on Tuesday on last-minute profit-taking, dealers said. They said investors made speculative purchases and there was an effort to take profits throughout the day.
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) composite index lost 0.38 points to 690.39 points and the blue chip SET 50 index fell 0.59 points to 489.80.
Gainers led losers 169 stocks to 147 and 102 were unchanged with turnover of 3.2 billion shares worth 23.3 billion baht (570.46 million dollars) traded.
The Thai baht against the dollar was at 40.96-41.00 to one dollar, compared with 41.02-05 baht on Monday. The Thai unit against the euro closed at 50.00-50.22 to one compared to 49.84-50.05.
"Trading fluctuated all day due to speculative purchase and profit-taking," Arunrat Jiwangkoon from Siam City Securities said.
Last minute sales caused the market to close flat, she added. Finance and securities led the rally and rose 2.51 percent, energy gained 0.66 percent, but communication fall 1.61 percent and banking shed 0.54 percent.
Siam Commercial Bank fell 0.75 baht to 49.00, Bangkok Bank was down 0.50 to 99.50 but Kasikornbank closed unchanged on 59.50. PTT Plc gained 4.00 to 246.00 while its subsidiary PTT Exploration and Production closed unchanged on 464.00.
Siam Cement gained 2.00 to 226.00 but Siam City Cement fell 12.00 to 276.00. Capital Nomura Securities rose 2.50 to 46.00 but Kietnakin Securities shed 0.25 to 28.25. Advance Info closed 2.00 lower to 102.00, but United Communication rose 1.00 to 51.00 and Thai Airways International added 0.75 to 37.25.
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