India, March 23 -- The Thai stock market ticked higher again on Friday, one day after ending the two-day winning streak in which it had picked up almost 20 points or 1.6 percent. The Stock Exchange of Thailand now sits just above the 1,185-point plateau and it may see mild upside again on Monday.

The global forecast for the Asian markets is mixed and flat thanks to ongoing tariff concerns. The European markets were down and the U.S. bourses were barely higher, and the Asian markets figure to split the difference.

The SET finished slightly higher on Friday as gains from the food, financial, resource and technology sectors were capped by weakness among the consumer, industrial, property and service stocks.

For the day, the index added 4.90...