SET surges over 1 per cent after falling in previous day
THE NATION
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index closed at 1,645.32 on Thursday, up 21.66 points or 1.33 per cent. Transactions totalled 89.09 billion baht with an index high of 1,645.44 and a low of 1,624.31.
The index rose after falling by 6.98 points or 0.43 per cent on Wednesday.
The 10 stocks with the highest trade value today were EA, KBANK, SCB, GULF, GPSC, AOT, GUNKUL, CPALL, JAS and KTB.
Other Asian indices were on the rise:
- Japan's Nikkei Index closed at 29,066.32, up 606.60 points or 2.13 per cent.
- China's Shanghai SE Composite closed at 3,675.02, up 27.39 points or 0.75 per cent, while the Shenzhen SE Component closed at 15,112.81, up 86.60 points or 0.58 per cent.
- Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index closed at 23,475.50, up 54.74 points or 0.23 per cent.
- South Korea's KOSPI Index closed at 3,006.41, up 17.02 points or 0.57 per cent.
- Taiwan's TAIEX Index closed at 17,785.74, up 125.64 points or 0.71 per cent.
