The Thai stock market's fortunes will depend on the outcome of anti-government protests this weekend, with no economic factors emerging on the local front, analysts said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand composite index gained 5.86 points or 0.83 percent over the past week to close Friday at a 14-month high of 713.67.
Supporters of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, who are known as "Red Shirts", are protesting in Bangkok on Saturday to mark the third anniversary of the military coup that toppled him.