India, June 18 -- The Thai stock market has finished lower in five straight sessions, slumping more than 45 points or 3.9 percent along the way. The Stock Exchange of Thailand now sits just shy of the 1,095-point plateau and it's likely to open to the downside again on Thursday.
The global forecast for the Asian markets is murky, as investors wait to see if there's any slowdown in the Iran/Israel conflict. The European and U.S. markets were mixed and little changed and the Asian markets figure to follow that lead.
The SET finished sharply lower on Wednesday following losses from the food, consumer, finance, industrial, property, resource, service and technology sectors.
For the day, the index tumbled 19.00 points or 1.71 percent to finis...