Thailand shares fell Wednesday, with the all-company Thailand SET Index TH:SET falling 0.6% to 1,364.47.
Thai Stanley Electric TH:STANLY, an automotive firm, posted the largest decline, falling 6.0%, followed by shares of health care/life sciences company Chularat Hospital TH:CHG, which dropped 5.7%. Shares of technology company Xiaomi Corp. TDR TH:XIAOMI80 dropped 5.1%.
AIRA Capital TH:AIRA, a financial services company, was the biggest leader during the session, increasing 6.5%, and firm Super Energy TH:SUPER added 2.4%. PTT Exploration TH:PTTEP, which operates in the energy space, rounded out the top three leaders on Wednesday, with shares adding 2.4%.
In other parts of Southeast Asia, Singapore's FTSE Straits Times Index SG:STI gained 0.1%, while Malaysia's FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI MY:FBMKLCI was flat. The Philippines' PSEi Index PH:PSEI increased 0.4%, and Indonesia's JSX Composite Index ID:JAKIDX increased 0.2%.
Elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific region, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index HK:HSI declined 1.4%, while Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index JP:NIK rose 0.6%. The Shanghai Composite Index CN:SHCOMP of Chinese companies declined 1.5%.
The KOSPI Composite Index KR:180721 of South Korean stocks dropped 0.1%, while the S&P/ASX 200 Benchmark Index AU:XJO of Australian stocks gained 1.1%.
On the currency front, the U.S. dollar USDTHB climbed 0.2% to 35.46 Thai baht, and the euro EURTHB climbed 0.1% to 38.41 baht.
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