
Similar to the other regional markets, foreign capital flow into the Stock Exchange of Thailand was underpinned by such global factors as US economic policy, the UK’s strategic plan after Brexit, China’s measures to boost liquidity, and a rise in Japan’s export value for the first time in 15 months |in December. At the end of January, the combined market capitalisation of the SET and Market for Alternative Investment was Bt15.9 trillion, a 2.25-per-cent increase from the end of last year.
The average daily trading value for the SET and MAI in January was Bt58.39 billion, rising 31.64 per cent year on year.