Thai shares may pause after recent rally, LH eyed

BANGKOK, May 13 (Reuters) - Thai stocks are likely to take
a pause from their recent rally on Wednesday now the index has
entered overbought terrain and foreign fund flows have slowed,
with signs of institutional selling emerging, dealers said.

"We should probably see consolidation in today's market
after the index rose quite a bit over the past week," said
Chakkrit Charoenmethachai, a senior analyst with Far East
Securities.

"The upside will be capped as we have started to see some
selling by domestic institutions in particular, while fund
flows also started to ease," he said, expecting support on the
main index .SETI at 530 and 527 and resistance at 540 and
550.

On Tuesday, the index closed up 1.75 percent at 544.54,
extending gains into a seventh straight session, led by buying
of energy shares such as PTT Aromatics PTTAR.BK, which surged
11 percent.

Market turnover was heavy at 24.2 billion baht ($700
million) but with foreign investors selling a net 575.7 million
baht.

Among the shares to watch is Land & Houses LH.BK, the
country's biggest house builder, which reported a 4.9 percent
fall in first-quarter earnings as the bearish economic outlook
and recent political instability deterred home buyers.
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STOCKS AND FACTORS TO WATCH

- Citigroup has raised its target price for Preuksa Real
Estate PS.BK to 6 baht per share from 3 baht, citing its
better outlook. [nBKK464323]

- Samart Corp SAMA.BK

Telecoms group Samart is confident of hitting its revenue
growth target of 30 percent this year due to strong growth in
its information and communications technology (ICT) business.
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(Reporting by Ploy Chitsomboon; Editing by Alan Raybould)