SET advances before New Year fest on relief in Omicron concerns, rising oil prices
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index closed at 1,657.62 on Thursday, up 4.29 points or 0.26 per cent. Transactions totalled 74.53 billion baht with an index high of 1,660.85 and a low of 1,652.37.
The index gained for the third day running after rising by 0.72 per cent on Wednesday and 0.31 per cent on Tuesday.
The 10 stocks with the highest trade value today were DELTA, GULF, GPSC, INTUCH, KBANK, SCB, PTT, EA, JMART and ADVANC.
Other Asian indices were mixed:
- Japan's Nikkei Index closed at 28,791.71, down 115.17 points or 0.40 per cent.
- China's Shanghai SE Composite closed at 3,619.19, up 22.19 points or 0.62 per cent, while the Shenzhen SE Component closed at 14,796.23, up 142.41 points or 0.97 per cent.
- Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index closed at 23,112.01, up 25.47 points or 0.11 per cent.
- South Korea's KOSPI Index closed at 2,977.65, down 15.64 points or 0.52 per cent.
- Taiwan's TAIEX Index closed at 18,218.84, down 29.44 points or 0.16 per cent.
