SET slides amid worries over interest rate hike, QE tapering
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index closed at 1,648.46 on Thursday, down 1.36 points or 0.08 per cent. Transactions totalled 73.54 billion baht with an index high of 1,656.46 and a low of 1,644.87.
The index fell after rising by 3.40 points or 0.21 per cent on Wednesday.
The 10 stocks with the highest trade value today were KBANK, SCB, CPALL, SVOA, BANPU, BBL, TRUE, TTB, ADVANC and PTTGC.
Other Asian indices were mixed:
- Japan's Nikkei Index closed at 29,499.28, up 196.62 points or 0.67 per cent.
- China's Shanghai SE Composite closed at 3,584.18, down 8.52 points or 0.24 per cent, while the Shenzhen SE Component closed at 14,827.95, down 59.64 points or 0.40 per cent.
- Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index closed at 24,740.16, up 54.66 points or 0.22 per cent.
- South Korea's KOSPI Index closed at 2,980.27, down 14.02 points or 0.47 per cent.
- Taiwan's TAIEX Index closed at 17,654.19, up 11.67 points or 0.066 per cent.
