Worries of Omicron, inflation plunges SET to fall over 1.5 per cent

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The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index closed at 1,615.80 on Monday, down 25.93 points or 1.58 per cent. Transactions totalled 82.35 billion baht with an index high of 1,633.80 and a low of 1,612.96.

The index fell for the second consecutive day after dropping by 3.59 points or 0.22 per cent on Friday.

The 10 stocks with the highest trade value today were EA, KBANK, SCB, CPALL, JMT, GPSC, ADVANC, PTT, JMART and AOT.

Other Asian indices were on the fall:

Japan’s Nikkei Index closed at 27,937.81, down 607.87 points or 2.13 per cent.
China’s Shanghai SE Composite closed at 3,593.60, down 38.76 points or 1.07 per cent, while the Shenzhen SE Component closed at 14,569.18, down 298.37 points or 2.01 per cent.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index closed at 22,744.86, down 447.77 points or 1.93 per cent.
South Korea’s KOSPI Index closed at 2,963.00, down 54.73 points or 1.81 per cent.
Taiwan’s TAIEX Index closed at 17,669.11, down 143.48 points or 0.81 per cent.

Published : December 20, 2021

By : THE NATION