Thai stocks tumble as SET Index drops

Thailand stocks dropped Thursday, with the all-company Thailand SET Index SET, -1.02% falling 1.0% to 1,373.76.

Jasmine Tech Soln JTS, +1.29% , a technology firm, posted the largest decline, falling 7.2%, followed by shares of technology company True TRUE, -1.65% , which dropped 5.9%. Shares of company Karmarts % dropped 5.7%.

Jasmine International JAS, -3.96% , a technology company, was the biggest leader during the session, jumping 18.6%, and health care/life sciences firm Ramkhamhaeng Hospital RAM, -6.25% increased 5.9%. Bumrungrad Hospital BH, -1.37% , which operates in the health care/life sciences space, rounded out the top three leaders on Thursday, with shares rising 3.7%.

In other parts of Southeast Asia, Singapore's FTSE Straits Times Index STI, -0.38% declined 0.4%, while Malaysia's FTSE Bursa Malaysia +0.46% gained 0.5%. The Philippines' PSEi Index PSEI, -0.66% dropped 0.7%, while Indonesia's JSX Composite Index JAKIDX, +0.63% rose 0.6%.

Elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific region, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index HSI, +0.29% gained 0.3%, while Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index NIK, +0.50% rose 0.5%. China's Shanghai Composite Index SHCOMP, +0.26% added 0.3%.

The KOSPI Composite Index 180721, +0.61% of South Korean stocks gained 0.6%, while the S&P/ASX 200 Benchmark Index XJO, +0.74% of Australian stocks added 0.7%.

On the currency front, the U.S. dollar USDTHB, +0.89% climbed 0.9% to 35.14 Thai baht, and the euro EURTHB, +0.55% climbed 0.6% to 38.43 baht.

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