Thai Hot Stocks-Index off 2-week high, Siam Gas, Rojana up
(Adds Siam Gas, Rojana)
BANGKOK, June 30 (Reuters) - Thailand's benchmark stock index .SETI was down 0.56 percent at 598.26, losing an earlier 1.55 percent gain, at 0856 GMT on Tuesday, after data showing exports fell a record 26.5 percent in May from a year earlier. [nBKK261635]
Stocks on the move included:
SIAM GAS SGP.BK NEARS ONE-YEAR HIGH ON A TAKEOVER TALK
Shares in Siam Gas and Petroleum SGP.BK, Thailand's number two liquefied petroleum gas firm, rose nearly 10 percent to 7.35 baht, having hit 7.55 baht, its highest since July 2008, after a newspaper reported it planned to acquire an LPG business in Vietnam.
0839 GMT
ROJANA INDUSTRIAL PARK ROJNA.BK AT TWO-WEEK HIGH
The country's second-largest industrial estate developer rose 5.26 percent to a two-week high of 6.00 baht due to optimism that its key electronics business would help cushion it from falling land sales.
Kiatnakin Securities said in a note it recommended investors buy the stock, saying the company had an attractive dividend yield.
0854 GMT
ACL ACL.BK, BANGKOK BANK BBL.BK UP ON STAKE SALE
Bangkok Bank, Thailand's largest lender, rose 1.4 percent to 108.50 baht, while small lender ACL extended yesterday's 11 percent gain, rising 2.56 percent to its highest since October 2007.
The shares rose after reports Bangkok Bank had agreed to sell a 19 percent stake in ACL Bank to the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) (1398.HK) (601398.SS). [nBKK467243]
0327 GMT
ENERGY FIRMS UP ON HIGHER OIL PRICES
Energy stocks .SETEN rose 1.5 percent after oil prices jumped more than 2 percent to an eight-month high above $73 a barrel.
Top oil and gas firm PTT PCL PTT.BK climbed 1.7 percent to 241 baht, PTT Exploration and Production PTTE.BK rose 2.3 percent, top oil refiner Thai Oil TOP.BK edged 2.8 percent higher to 43.25 baht, and top coal miner Banpu BANP.BK rose 0.88 percent.
0421 GMT
TELECOM FIRMS .SETIC DOWN ON LIKELY 3G DELAY
Shares in top mobile phone firm Advanced Info Service ADVA.BK dropped 0.3 percent, number two Total Access Telecommunication DTAC.BK fell 2.22 percent and third-ranked True Corp TRUE.BK eased 0.8 percent.
Thailand's telecommunications regulator said the auction of long-awaited third-generation (3G) mobile service licences might not be held until January 2010, a little later than envisaged. [nBKK489323]
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