(March 28): The Stock Exchange of Thailand suspended all trading activities for the afternoon session on Friday after a strong earthquake struck neighbouring Myanmar, the tremors of which were felt in Thailand's capital, Bangkok.
"Following the earthquake incident, the Stock Exchange of Thailand hereby announces the immediate suspension of all trading activities," the bourse operator said on its website.
"The closure affects all markets, including SET, the Market for Alternative Investment (MAI), and the Thailand Futures Exchange (TFEX), for today's afternoon session."
The exchange will begin trading on Monday, March 31, it said in a statement later on Friday.
The benchmark SET index was last trading 1.05% lower at a more than one-week low of 1,175.45 points. It traded around that level most of the session as stocks remained pressured by new US auto tariffs.
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