SET rises almost 1.5% with trades worth Bt90bn
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index closed at 1,389.34 on Friday, up 19.92 points or 1.45 per cent. Total transactions amounted to Bt90.57 billion with an index high of 1,390.37 and a low of 1,368.20.
The day's rise defied expectations, after a Krungsri Securities analyst predicted a drop from foreign investors making net sales for the first time in three days. Instead, foreign investors today made net buys of Bt2.38 billion.
The 10 stocks with the highest trade value today were KBANK, ADVANC, BBL, SCB, PTT, BANPU, CPF, TASCO, SCGP and AOT.
As of 5pm, the price of oil rose by US$0.02 or 0.05 per cent to $41.76 per barrel, while gold rose by $3.90 or 0.21 per cent, to $1,865.40 per ounce.
Other Asian indices were mixed:
Japan’s Nikkei Index closed at 25,527.37, down 106.97 points or 0.42 per cent.
China’s Shang Hai SE Composite Index closed at 3,377.73, up 14.64 points or 0.44 per cent, while Shenzhen SE Component Index closed at 13,852.42, up 74.97 points or 0.54 per cent.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index closed at 26,451.54, up 94.57 points or 0.36 per cent.
South Korea's KOSPI Index closed at 2,553.50, up 6.08 points or 0.24 per cent.
Taiwan's TAIEX Index closed at 13,716.44, down 5.99 points or 0.044 per cent.
