SET advances on good news of Omicron Covid-19 variant, rising oil price
THE NATION
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index closed at 1,618.36 on Wednesday, up 9.08 points or 0.56 per cent. Transactions totalled 69.26 billion baht with an index high of 1,621.21 and a low of 1,610.30.
The index rose for the second consecutive days after rising by 21.09 points or 1.33 per cent on Tuesday.
The 10 stocks with the highest trade value today were KBANK, CPALL, ADVANC, AOT, EA, SCB, BBL, PTT, TRUE and KTB.
Other Asian indices were on the rise:
- Japan's Nikkei Index closed at 28,860.62, up 405.02 points or 1.42 per cent.
- China's Shanghai SE Composite closed at 3,637.57, up 42.48 points or 1.18 per cent, while the Shenzhen SE Component closed at 14,964.46, up 267.30 points or 1.82 per cent.
- Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index closed at 23,996.87, up 13.21 points or 0.055 per cent.
- South Korea's KOSPI Index closed at 3,001.80, up 10.08 points or 0.34 per cent.
- Taiwan's TAIEX Index closed at 17,832.42, up 35.50 points or 0.20 per cent.
