India, Aug. 18 -- The Thai stock market has finished lower in three straight sessions, slipping more than 35 points or 3 percent along the way. The Stock Exchange of Thailand now sits just above the 1,240-point plateau and it may extend its losses on Tuesday.
The global forecast for the Asian markets is murky as investors wait for developments in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The European and U.S. markets were mixed and flat and the Asian bourses figure to follow suit.
The SET finished sharply lower on Monday following losses from the food, consumer, finance, industrial, property, resource, service and technology sectors.
For the day, the index slumped 17.11 points or 1.36 percent to finish at the daily low of 1,242.31 after t...