Thai Hot Stocks-Index falls as anti-govt protests continue

BANGKOK, March 15 (Reuters) - Thailand's benchmark stock
index .SETI was down 0.1 percent at 732.69 at 0305 GMT on
Monday, snapping a three-day winning streak as investors waited
to see how mass anti-government protests evolved.

Thousands of protesters started to move on Monday towards a
military base in Bangkok where Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva
has his crisis headquarters, putting pressure on him to call
fresh elections. [ID:nSGE62E02X]

"For the rest of the day, I feel the market will be
range-bound because investors want to monitor the protests,"
said Pichai Lertsupongkij, an analyst at Thanachart Securites,
expecting the index to move between 723 and 740.

Stocks on the move included:

THAI AIRWAYS INTERNATIONAL THAI.BK EXTENDS LOSSES

The national carrier was down 0.8 percent at 24.1 baht,
extending its fall on Friday after a plan to sell up to 1
billion new shares to the public and shareholders, including
the Finance Ministry, in an offer worth roughly $720 million at
current market price. [ID:nSGE62B08K]

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(Writing by Viparat Jantraprap; Editing by Alan Raybould)