India, Feb. 4 -- The Thai stock market has finished lower in five straight sessions, sinking more than 45 points or 3.3 percent along the way. The Stock Exchange of Thailand now sits just above the 1,300-point plateau although it figures to stop the bleeding on Wednesday.
The global forecast for the Asian markets is upbeat on easing concerns of a trade war. The European markets were mixed and the U.S. bourses were up and the Asian markets figure to split the difference.
The SET finished slightly lower on Tuesday as losses from the food, consumer, industrial, property, resource and technology companies were mitigated by support from the financial sector.
For the day, the index dipped 3.37 points or 0.26 percent to finish at 1,301.02 after...