SET rises for the second day despite Omicron variant, QE tapering concerns
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index closed at 1,630.64 on Tuesday, up 4.81 points or 0.30 per cent. Transactions totalled 69.16 billion baht with an index high of 1,630.93 and a low of 1,616.51.
The index rose for the second consecutive day after rising by 7.60 points or 0.47 per cent on Monday.
The 10 stocks with the highest trade value today were KBANK, JAS, IVL, SCB, DELTA, EA, PTT, PTTGC, SCC and CPF.
Other Asian indices were on the fall:
- Japan's Nikkei Index closed at 28,432.64, down 207.85 points or 0.73 per cent.
- China's Shanghai SE Composite closed at 3,661.53, down 19.56 points or 0.53 per cent, while the Shenzhen SE Component closed at 15,136.78, down 75.71 points or 0.50 per cent.
- Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index closed at 23,635.95, down 318.63 points or 1.33 per cent.
- South Korea's KOSPI Index closed at 2,987.95, down 13.71 points or 0.46 per cent.
- Taiwan's TAIEX Index closed at 17,599.37, down 168.23 points or 0.95 per cent.
