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Spotlight on fourth-quarter earnings
Business, Published on 06/01/2024
» Now that the US Federal Reserve has started to signal that interest rates will fall this year, funds have increasingly returned to equities.
Is this the turning point?
Business, Piyasak Manason, Published on 25/07/2020
» In our last column we warned about the great uncertainties surrounding the divergence of the economic and investment worlds, and how they may converge due to the rise of those uncertainties. It is possible that we may begin to see a turning point this month.
The world after Covid
Business, Piyasak Manason, Published on 27/06/2020
» The second quarter of 2020 has seen a divergence between the investment world and real economic conditions. Despite a recent uptick, the global economy is still contracting: the IMF has just downgraded its global GDP forecast to -4.9% from -3.0%.
Fresh virus spikes give investors pause
Business, Published on 22/02/2020
» Recap: Most Southeast Asian stock markets ended lower yesterday, with Indonesia losing the most and Thailand the sole gainer, as a sharp rise in new coronavirus cases dented the appeal of riskier assets.
An impressive showing for M&A
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 28/12/2019
» Thailand experienced strong merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in 2019, with deals including the US$2.7-billion (81.3-billion-baht) acquisition by Bangkok Bank of Indonesia's PT Bank Permata in December and Hong Kong-based FWD Group's purchase of Siam Commercial Bank Life Assurance for 92.7 billion baht in July.
With China, possibilities abound for SCB
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 17/07/2019
» Greater opportunities for Thailand as a destination for China's outbound investment have been spotted as trade diversifies amid the US-China trade dispute, according to a Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) senior executive.
Not the time to sell
Business, Published on 21/07/2018
» The SET index touched an all-time-high intra-day peak of 1,852 points at the end of February this year. By the end of June, it was 14% off that peak, falling to around 1,600. One of the chief culprits was extreme foreign fund outflows.
SET closes up 2.26 to 1,752.48
Online Reporters, Published on 26/12/2017
» The Stock Exchange of Thailand closed up 0.13%, or 2.26 points, after briefing setting a record during intraday trade on Tuesday.
SET closes up 5.85 to 1,738.16
Online Reporters, Published on 20/12/2017
» The Stock Exchange of Thailand climbed 0.34%, or 5.85 points, to 1,738.16 on Wednesday.
SET closes up 8.60 to 1,732.31
Online Reporters, Published on 19/12/2017
» The Stock Exchange of Thailand climbed 0.50%, or 8.60 points, to 1,732.31 on Tuesday.