India, July 13 -- The Thai stock market has climbed higher in three straight sessions, improving more than 50 points or 3.3 percent in that span. The Stock Exchange of Thailand now sits just above the 1,625-point plateau and it figures to open under pressure on Tuesday. The global forecast for the Asian markets is weak thanks to renewed hostilities in the Middle East and weakness among the technology companies. The European markets were up and the U.S. bourses were down and the Asian markets figure to follow the latter lead.
The SET finished modestly higher on Monday following gains from the food, consumer, finance, industrial, property and resource sectors. For the day, the index added 6.35 points or 0.39 percent to finish at 1,627.90 aft...