SET and Asian markets end higher
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) closed at 1,539.84 points today (February 12), up 15.91 points or 1.04 per cent from Tuesday's with a total trade volume of Bt54.81 billion.
Krungsri Securities expected the SET index to move between 1,515 and 1,535 today due to a lack of new supporting factors, despite the decline in the number of new coronavirus infection cases and China's tariffs reduction on $75 billion of US imports, effective February 14.
Elsewhere in Asia, Japan’s Nikkei index closed at 23,861.21, up 175.23 points, or 0.74 per cent.
China’s Shanghai SE Composite index closed at 2,926.90, up 25.22 points, or 0.87 per cent, while Shenzhen SE Component index closed at 10,940.80, up 172.17 points, or 1.60 per cent.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index closed at 27,823.66, up 239.78 points, or 0.87 per cent.
South Korea’s KOSPI index closed at 2,238.38, up 15.26 points, or 0.69 per cent.
Taiwan’s TAIEX index closed at 11,774.19, up 110.15 points, or 0.94 per cent.