MAJOR Asian markets were mixed during the first half of the year, with Tokyo's Nikkei 225 emerging as the region's best performing index and last year's darling, Bangkok's SET Index, the worst.
Tokyo's performance has been credited to the stunning economic growth shown by the Japanese economy during the first quarter. In Bangkok's case, profit taking and uncertainty were the factors cited as the cause of the decline.
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