Thai Hot Stocks-Index edges higher; KCE Electronics up

(Adds ACL, Thaicom)

BANGKOK, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Thailand's benchmark stock
index .SETI was up 0.95 percent at 649.10 at the midday break
on Thursday, extending its gain after Thailand's consumer
confidence index for July rose to 66.3 from 65.4 in June.
[nBKT001061]

Stocks on the move included:

KCE ELECTRONICS KCE.BK UP ON PLANT RESUMPTION PLAN

Shares in the printed circuit board producer rose 1.7
percent to 1.81 baht after the company said it planned to
resume operating a plant on an industrial estate from September
due to higher orders. The plant closed temporarily in late
2008.

It also said it aimed for 2009 sales of at least 6 billion
baht, compared with 7.6 billion baht a year earlier.

0528 GMT

ACL BANK ACL.BK JUMPS ON REPORTS OF STAKE SALE MOVES

Shares in Thailand's smallest lender jumped 5.1 percent to
8.25 baht, and at one point hit 8.35 baht, the highest level
since March 9, 2005, after a newspaper said the Finance
Ministry would allow investors to start due diligence on ACL's
financial position this month.

Previously newspapers have reported China's ICBC (1398.HK)
was interested in investing in the bank and wanted the Thai
government to support a stake purchase.

0438 GMT

THAICOM THCOM.BK UP ON HOPES OF INDIA EXPANSION

Thailand's leading satellite operator rose 0.75 percent to
6.75 baht as investors reacted to its profit outlook after the
company said it expected to launch its high-speed broadband
satellite IPSTAR in India by the end of this year.

The company reported a lower-than-expected net profit of
199 million baht in the second quarter but that was a
turnaround from a net loss of 282 million baht a year earlier.
[ID:nBKK526905]

0456 GMT

LAND & HOUSES LH.BK (LH) HITS TWO-MONTH HIGH AFTER Q2

Thailand's biggest house-builder rose 0.85 percent to 5.95
baht, having hit a two-month high of 6.00 baht in early trade,
after it reported a smaller-than-expected fall in
second-quarter net profit, suggesting it may be recovering
after the economic recession hurt consumer confidence and
brought down home sales [ID:nBAK000852]

0322 GMT

GLOW ENERGY GLOW.BK UP ON JUMP IN PROFITS IN Q2

Thailand's third-largest private power producer rose 1.6
percent to a two-week high of 31 baht after the company
reported a more than doubling in second-quarter net profit to
1.55 billion baht, slightly beating analysts' forecasts.
[nBAK000853]

0320 GMT

ELECTRICITY GENERATING EGCO.BK UP ON STRONG Q2

Thailand's second-largest private power producer rose
nearly 1.0 percent to 76.50 baht, its highest since July 28,
after the firm reported a 67 percent jump in second-quarter net
profit to 2.4 billion baht, beating analysts' forecasts.
[nBAK000851]

0311 GMT

BANGKOK EXPRESSWAY BECL.BK UP AFTER Q2

The Thai tollway operator rose 1.7 percent to 17.80 baht,
having hit a near 11-month high of 17.90 baht in early trade,
after the company reported a better-than-expected net profit of
494 million baht in the second quarter, up from 294 million
baht a year earlier. [ID:nBKK230533]

0305 GMT

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($1=34.05 Baht)
(Reporting by Arada Kultawanich; Editing by Alan Raybould)