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SET dips after BOT orders banks to delay dividend payments
Jun 22. 2020
By The Nation
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index closed at 1,352.18 today (June 22), down 18.64 points or 1.36 per cent. Total transaction volume was Bt65.772 billion with an index high of 1,367.98 and a low of 1,347.60.
In the morning session, a stock analyst at Krungsri Securities projected the index would fall to 1,350-1,355 points before rebounding.
“Commercial banks and non-banking-entity stocks were under pressure from the Bank of Thailand’s order to hold off payment of interim dividends and buyback of shares to strengthen their capital ratio in response to the Covid-19 fallout,” the analyst said.
“Meanwhile, investors were worried about a second wave of Covid-19 after the number of new cases rose sharply, especially in Brazil, the US and India.”
He said the index would rebound as energy and petroleum stocks gained positive sentiment from the rising crude oil price and mass buy-offs in super savings funds for tax deduction.
“The price of crude oil rose almost US$40 [Bt1,238.82] per barrel after the number of active oil rigs in the US dropped by 10 to 189, while the Opec+ grouping is working on cutting oil production,” the analyst said.
The 10 stocks with the highest trade value today were KBANK, BBL, SCB, PTTEP, BAM, CPF, CPALL, AOT, PTT, and STA.
As of 4.30pm, the price of crude oil was unchanged at US$39.75 per barrel, while gold rose by $9.10 or 0.52 per cent, to $1,762.10 per ounce.
Changes in other Asian indices were as follows:
Japan’s Nikkei Index closed at 22,437.27, down 41.52 points, or 0.18 per cent.
China’s Shang Hai SE Composite Index closed at 2,965.27, down 2.36 points, or 0.08 per cent, while Shenzhen SE Component Index closed at 11,702.44, up 34.31 points, or 0.29 per cent.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index closed at 24,511.34, down 132.55 points, or 0.54 per cent.
South Korea’s KOSPI Index closed at 2,126.73, down 14.59 points, or 0.68 per cent.
Taiwan’s TAIEX Index closed at 11,572.93, up 23.07 points, or 0.20 per cent.
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