SET rises slightly despite overwhelming negative sentiment
THE NATION
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index closed at 1,591.84 on Thursday, up 1.03 points or 0.06 per cent. Transactions totalled 67.06 billion baht with an index high of 1,592.00 and a low of 1,580.08.
The index rose for two consecutive days after rising by 22.12 points or 1.41 per cent on Wednesday.
The 10 stocks with the highest trade value today were KBANK, SCB, PTT, ADVANC, AOT, CPALL, EA, SABUY, BBL and PTTEP.
Other Asian indices were mixed:
- Japan's Nikkei Index closed at 27,753.37, down 182.25 points or 0.65 per cent.
- China's Shanghai SE Composite closed at 3,573.84, down 3.05 points or 0.085 per cent, while the Shenzhen SE Component closed at 14,765.56, down 28.69 points or 0.19 per cent.
- Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index closed at 23,788.93, up 130.01 points or 0.55 per cent.
- South Korea's KOSPI Index closed at 2,945.27, up 45.55 points or 1.57 per cent.
- Taiwan's TAIEX Index closed at 17,724.88, up 138.89 points or 0.79 per cent.
