AGL 40.00 Decreased By ▼ -0.01 (-0.02%)
AIRLINK 127.00 Decreased By ▼ -0.99 (-0.77%)
BOP 6.68 Increased By ▲ 0.08 (1.21%)
CNERGY 4.49 Decreased By ▼ -0.11 (-2.39%)
DCL 8.60 Increased By ▲ 0.12 (1.42%)
DFML 41.30 Decreased By ▼ -0.18 (-0.43%)
DGKC 86.71 Increased By ▲ 0.13 (0.15%)
FCCL 32.16 Increased By ▲ 0.02 (0.06%)
FFBL 64.70 Decreased By ▼ -0.72 (-1.1%)
FFL 10.29 Increased By ▲ 0.04 (0.39%)
HUBC 109.51 Decreased By ▼ -0.98 (-0.89%)
HUMNL 14.90 Increased By ▲ 0.15 (1.02%)
KEL 5.05 Decreased By ▼ -0.08 (-1.56%)
KOSM 7.40 Increased By ▲ 0.28 (3.93%)
MLCF 41.39 Decreased By ▼ -0.26 (-0.62%)
NBP 60.60 Increased By ▲ 0.51 (0.85%)
OGDC 190.00 Decreased By ▼ -4.69 (-2.41%)
PAEL 27.81 Decreased By ▼ -0.14 (-0.5%)
PIBTL 7.75 Decreased By ▼ -0.25 (-3.13%)
PPL 149.75 Decreased By ▼ -1.42 (-0.94%)
PRL 26.73 Decreased By ▼ -0.15 (-0.56%)
PTC 16.18 Increased By ▲ 0.18 (1.13%)
SEARL 86.02 Increased By ▲ 7.82 (10%)
TELE 7.72 Increased By ▲ 0.33 (4.47%)
TOMCL 35.58 Decreased By ▼ -0.09 (-0.25%)
TPLP 8.14 Increased By ▲ 0.23 (2.91%)
TREET 16.51 Increased By ▲ 0.62 (3.9%)
TRG 53.35 Increased By ▲ 0.59 (1.12%)
UNITY 26.28 Decreased By ▼ -0.27 (-1.02%)
WTL 1.26 Decreased By ▼ -0.01 (-0.79%)
BR100 9,889 Decreased By -31.1 (-0.31%)
BR30 30,611 Decreased By -140.9 (-0.46%)
KSE100 93,355 Increased By 130.9 (0.14%)
KSE30 28,931 Increased By 46 (0.16%)

Thai share prices closed 0.12 percent higher on Thursday amid narrow trade as investors remained optimistic of an economic recovery in the United States, dealers said. They said the bourse followed the regional upward trend, despite investors taking profit in small and medium shares.
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) composite index gained 0.12 points to 826.68 while the blue chip SET-50 fell 0.36 points to 593.48. Gainers outnumbered losers 220 to 124 with 108 stocks unchanged on turnover of 5.12 billion shares worth 17.75 billion baht (561.27 million dollars).
The baht depreciated against the dollar, closing at 31.62-64 from Wednesday's 31.51-54. Against the euro, the Thai unit was quoted at 49.20-26 from 49.29-35. "The market rose - but with a small volume - as positive sentiment continued from yesterday," said Chai Chirasevenupraphand, market strategist at Capital Nomura Securities. Asian markets rallied on Wednesday as positive banking news emerged from the United States and eased concerns about the world's largest economy.
But the good news was quickly tempered when US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke suggested that the US economy could slide into a recession during the first half of 2008. "Trading was narrow, and was mostly in the property and construction commodity sectors," Chai said. "Overall, fears over a recession in the US economy still loomed over the market and investors remain cautious."
Thailand's biggest energy firm PTT was unchanged at 320.00 baht while its subsidiary PTT Exploration and Production fell 1.00 to 151.00. Another major energy firm Banpu also lost 4.00 to 396.00. The kingdom's largest lender Bangkok Bank rose 2.00 to 140.00. Thai Airways International edged up 0.50 to 29.50, while Thailand's biggest mobile phone operator, Advanced Info Service, slipped 0.50 to 98.50.

Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2008

Comments

Comments are closed.