India, June 5 -- The Thai stock market on Thursday ended the two-day slide in which it had slumped more than 30 points or 2.4 percent. The Stock Exchange of Thailand now rests just above the 1,140-point plateau although it may tick lower again on Friday.
The global forecast for the Asian markets suggests caution ahead of key U.S. employment data later in the day. The European markets were mixed and the U.S. bourses were slightly lower and the Asian markets figure to split the difference.
The SET finished modestly higher on Thursday following gains from the food, finance, industrial, resource and technology sectors.
For the day, the index improved 8.61 points or 0.76 percent to finish at 1,140.63 after trading between 1,135.10 and 1,145.0...