India, March 12 -- The Thai stock market has alternated between positive and negative finishes through the last eight trading days since the end of the two-day slide in which it had tumbled almost 40 points or 3.2 percent. The Stock Exchange of Thailand now sits just above the 1,160-point plateau although it figures to rebound again on Thursday.
The global forecast for the Asian markets is positive on bargain hunting and an improved outlook for interest rates. The European markets were up and the U.S. bourses were mixed and the Asian markets figure to follow the former lead.
The SET finished sharply lower on Wednesday following losses from the food, consumer, financial, industrial, property, resource, service and technology sectors.
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