Thai Hot Stocks-Shin at 3-wk high, Big C down after results

BANGKOK, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Thailand's benchmark stock
index .SETI was up 0.4 percent at 701.11 at 0330 GMT on
Monday.

Stocks on the move included:

SHIN CORP SHIN.BK UP ON HIGHER Q3

The country's leading telecoms group, controlled by
Singapore's Temasek Holdings [TEM.UL] through two
Thai-registered companies, rose 0.93 percent to a three-week
high of 27 baht after the company reported a 5 percent rise in
third-quarter net profit to 1.58 billion baht. [ID:nBAK002937]

0317 GMT

BIG C SUPERCENTER BIGC.BK DOWN ON WEAKER Q3 RESULTS

Thailand's leading hypermarket operator, 36 percent owned
by the French Casino Group (CASP.PA), fell 1.2 percent to 42.25
baht after the company reported a 16 percent fall in
third-quarter net profit to 478 million baht, below market
expectations. [ID:nBAK002938]

After the results, KGI Securities downgraded the company to
"underperform" from "neutral" and cut its 2009 earnings
forecast by 9.7 percent and its 2010 forecast by 8.4 percent,
citing higher operating costs.

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($1=33.20 Baht)
(Reporting by Arada Kultawanich; Editing by Alan Raybould)