The Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.7 percent to 2, 199.41 and the Shenzhen Composite Index rose 1.3 percent to 935.07.
Resources and financials make up the bulk of the Composite Index so without strong advances in those sectors, overall gains will be restrained.
As Thaksin's critics cheered that the petition had been accepted, the stock market suffered, with the composite index falling nearly 2% in afternoon trading.
The Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.2 percent to 2, 235.58 and the smaller Shenzhen Composite Index added 0.1 percent to 955.33.
The survey hit Chinese shares particularly hard, with the country's Shanghai Composite Index tumbling 2.6 percent to 2, 184.54 and the Shenzhen Composite Index falling 2.7 percent to 923.42.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index was down 0.5%, while the Shanghai Composite Index was fighting the trend with a 0.1% gain.
The Shanghai Composite Index bucked the regional trend, however, losing 1.2% to 2333.33.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index and the Shanghai Composite Index each gained 1.2%, to 18256.20 and 2412.39, respective, while Japan's Nikkei Stock Average and South Korea's Kospi each rose 2.3%, to 8477.82 and 1856.52, respectively.
Samsung Electronics' stock has not enriched executives much: It has fallen by 45% in dollar terms (35% in won) in the past 12 months, declining in step with the Korean Composite Index (see The Korea discount).
The Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.4% in the mainland and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index was flat.
The Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.3% in the mainland and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index was flat.
Chinese stocks were higher ahead of the data, with Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index up 0.9% and the Shanghai Composite Index 2.1% higher.
Chinese stocks were higher ahead of the data, with Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index up 0.5% and the Shanghai Composite Index 1.1% higher.
An exception was the Shanghai Composite index, which ended the day 1.8% higher, largely due to a surge in the value of energy companies, including a 10% jump in China Shenhua Energy Company.
Shares of Chinese companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq have held up well over the past year, in spite of the fact that the Shanghai Composite Index, which tracks the bigger of China's stock exchanges, has been one of the world's worst-performing markets.
At one point in the early afternoon in New York, the Nasdaq composite index - which reflects the value of tech firms - was down nearly 7% on the day, and had plunged to just half its value from from the high point of 5, 048.6 it reached on 10 March.
The Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.1% to 2242.17 in the mainland and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index closed up 0.1% at 22044.37.
The Shanghai Composite Index finished in negative territory for the second consecutive year, down 21.7%.
The Shanghai Composite Index recouped early losses to end the session flat at 2226.13 as investors digested China's latest trade data.
The Shanghai Composite Index ended down 0.2% at 2, 174.12, while the Hang Seng Index finished 0.3% lower at 22, 668.30 after returning from a holiday on Wednesday.
In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index was down 1.1% to 18, 178.05, while the Shanghai Composite Index rose 1.7% to 3, 060.25.
It has outperformed the Shanghai Composite Index, which dropped 5% in the same period.
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The Shanghai Composite Index is down about 15% in the past six months and still trades very near its lowest post-recession levels.
The monthly composite index for ten cities, included for the first time in our table, fell by 1.9% in the year to March.
Early in the afternoon, the Athens Composite Index was up nearly 16 percent, while the bank-dominated FTSE-20 was up nearly 19 percent after trading near a 20-year low on Friday.
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The Shenzhen Composite Index was up 0.14 percent to 839 points within the first hour of trade.
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