Bangkok - Thai shares jumped 2.13 per cent Monday on a return of investor confidence in the region, brokers said.

The Stock Exchange of Thailand index ended at 713.48, up 14.85 points.

"Confidence in the whole region was boosted today by Moody's Investor Service's upgrades for sovereign debts of China and Hong Kong," Mongkol Phuangpaetha, an analyst at Country Group Securities, said Monday. (dpa)