Thai aviation shares, hoteliers fall after first MERS virus case confirmed

Airports operator Airports of Thailand dropped 4.2 percent to a more than three-week low. National carrier Thai Airways International and low-cost carrier Nok Airlines both shed more than 3 percent.

Hotel operator Central Plaza Hotel plunged 6.6 percent and Minor International slipped 3.3 percent.

The broader SET index was down 0.3 percent.

(Reporting by Viparat Jantraprap; Editing by Prateek Chatterjee)