SET gains as several countries release oil reserves
THE NATION
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index closed at 1,649.82 on Wednesday, up 3.40 points or 0.21 per cent. Transactions totalled 86.13 billion baht with an index high of 1,658.60 and a low of 1,647.90.
The index rises after falling by 3.12 points or 0.19 per cent on Tuesday, thanks to the rise in oil price in response to an expectation that Opec+ would suspend its oil output hike plan to deal with several countries' move to release their oil reserves.
The 10 stocks with the highest trade value today were BANPU, ADVANC, TRUE, KBANK, AOT, EA, PTT, CPALL, DTAC and GUNKUL.
Other Asian indices were mixed:
- Japan's Nikkei Index closed at 29,302.66, down 471.45 points or 1.58 per cent.
- China's Shanghai SE Composite closed at 3,592.70, up 3.61 points or 0.10 per cent, while the Shenzhen SE Component closed at 14,887.60, down 17.54 points or 0.12 per cent.
- Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index closed at 24,685.50, up 33.92 points or 0.14 per cent.
- South Korea's KOSPI Index closed at 2,994.29, down 3.04 points or 0.10 per cent.
- Taiwan's TAIEX Index closed at 17,642.52, down 23.60 points or 0.13 per cent.
