Thailand Shares Close Flat

Thailand shares closed flat on Friday, with the all-company Thailand SET Index closing at 1,378.37.

Leaders and Decliners

• Jaymart Group Holdings was the biggest leader during the session, adding 6.2%.
• Delta Electronics, an industrial goods firm, gained 5.9%.
• ICC International, operating in the retail/wholesale space, rounded out the top three leaders on Friday, with shares adding 5.0%.

On the other hand:

• Master Style, a health care/life sciences firm, posted the largest decline, declining 5.4%.
• Shares of Osotspa fell 4.8%.
• Shares of Thanulux dropped 4.2%.

Southeast Asia Stock Exchange Movements

In other parts of Southeast Asia:

• Singapore's FTSE Straits Times Index gained 1.1%.
• Malaysia's FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI dropped 0.1%.
• The Philippines' stock exchange was closed.
• Indonesia's JSX Composite Index rose 0.4%.

Asia-Pacific Region

In the Asia-Pacific region:

• The Hang Seng Index of Hong Kong companies declined 0.1%.
• The NIKKEI 225 Index of Japanese companies fell 1.7%.
• The Shanghai Composite Index of Chinese companies gained 0.1%.
• South Korea's KOSPI Composite Index rose 1.0%.
• Australia's S&P/ASX 200 Benchmark Index rose 0.3%.

Currency Exchange

On the currency front:

• The U.S. dollar climbed 0.5% to 35.33 Thai baht.
• The euro climbed 0.3% to 38.07 baht.