Securities exchange (stock market)

Investors are likely to shift from risk assets to safe-haven assets due to uncertainty following the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic, experts said.The baht this week moved between 30.94 and 31.24 against the dollar.The dollar strengthened due to uncertainty following rising Covid-19 cases in the ...

Investor confidence in Thailand’s financial markets over the next three months has hit its highest level this year, helped by the sooner-than-expected easing of a coronavirus lockdown, a capital market association said on Tuesday.The Federation of Thai Capital Market Organisations said its May survey showed ...

The Finance Ministry will raise Bt50 billion from sale of savings bonds to mitigate the Covid-19 impact on the economy and society. The bonds will be on sale from May 14 to June 10 this year.Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana said that saving bonds were one ...

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index closed at 1,236.78 on Monday (April 13) marking an increase of 8.75 points or 0.71 per cent.Transactions were worth a total of Bt49.474 billion with an index high of 1,237.23 and a low of 1,220.00.A stock analyst at ...

Thai stocks surged as trading resumed after the Chakri Memorial Day holiday, boosted by rising optimism about a waning coronavirus outbreak and the government’s new economic stimulus.The benchmark SET Index rose 6.7% as of 4.58pm in Bangkok, poised for the highest gain since March 11. ...

Thailand’s central bank said it has expanded the scope of a facility set up to provide liquidity to mutual funds and it will now encompass all types of money market funds as well as daily fixed income funds.The central bank is ready to consider additional ...

Fresh stimulus measures announced by governments and central banks hiked the value of stocks in Thailand by almost 8 per cent on Friday (March 20).Cheered further by the rebounding crude oil price, the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index closed at 1,127.24 for an increase ...

A panic-selling spree ignited by mounting coronavirus infections across the globe caused another free fall for Thailand’s stock market, prompting consultants to urge the Finance Ministry to rethink expired tax deduction privileges for long-term equity funds (LTFs) and help stabilise market conditions.Keep reading ...

Rising coronavirus cases in Thailand dimmed the outlook for a quick rebound in tourism, sending the nation’s equities benchmark to rank as the world’s worst performer.Thailand’s SET Index’s 5.1% slump on Wednesday, most in six years, came after the government said confirmed cases of the ...

Thailand’s benchmark equity index tumbled to its biggest one-day loss since 2014, plunging below 1,400 points as rising local coronavirus infections shattered already fragile investment sentiment.The Thai bourse was the biggest loser in Asia-Pacific for the second time in three days.Keep reading ...