Tue Apr 17, 2012 12:53am EDT
Shares in Ch Karnchang Pcl gained as much as 2.5 percent to a three-week high of 8.30 baht after the Thai builder signed a construction contract to build the Xayaburi hydroelectric power project in Laos worth a combined 74 billion baht ($2.4 billion).
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The new construction job, which would last for 96 months, boded well for the company's revenue in the future.
"It's a solid, large-scale project that comes on top of Ch Karnchang's current project backlog of around 40 billion baht," an analyst said.
Ch Karnchang shares were up 1.2 percent at 8.2 baht, with 7.5 million shares traded, 0.97 times the average full-day volume traded over the past 30 days.
1140 (0440 GMT)
10:47 STOCKS NEWS THAILAND-Sahaviriya Steel surges on British plant
Shares in steelmaker Sahaviriya Steel Industries Pcl SSI.BK jumped 6.7 percent to its highest in three weeks at 0.80 baht as it restarted its blast furnace in Teesside, Britain, after delays since December.
Brokers expected the British plant to be profitable from the fourth quarter when it was fully operational.
Broker Trinity Securities rated the stock hold, with a target price of 0.75 baht, on expectations that high staff costs at the British plant would weigh on the company's first-half earnings when the plant was running at low capacity.
Sahaviriya's shares were up 5.3 percent at 0.79 baht and have gained 11.3 percent so far this year.
1032 (0332 GMT) ($1 = 30.82 baht) (Reporting by Viparat Jantraprap in Bangkok; Editing by Martin Petty; email viparat.jantraprapaweth@thomsonreuters.com)
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