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17 Feb 2025

Financial Markets

The Baht rose on the surging global gold prices while the SET dropped for three consecutive weeks

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  • The Thai stock market fluctuated during the week before dropping at the end of the week.
        The SET tumbled early in the week amid continuing concerns about trade wars after the US announced tariff hikes on all steel and aluminum imports into the US. However, the SET rose later as investors were less concerned somewhat about such tariff issue after seeing limited impact on Thailand. In addition, the SET was boosted by the news regarding the revision of long-term fund (LTF) scheme aimed to support Thai stock market and purchases of large-cap stocks, particularly technology stocks.
        The SET tumbled again at the end of the week, pressured by sell-offs of large-cap stocks, especially those of an airport operator as its latest quarterly performance results came out weaker than expected. The trading sentiment was also dragged by the uncertainties surrounding trade wars after the US prepares to impose reciprocal tariffs for every trading partner that taxes US imports.
 
  • On Friday, February 14, 2025, the SET closed at 1,272.10 points, down 0.78% over-week. The average daily trading value was THB46,399.60 million, down 4.98% over-week. The mai closed at 260.54 points, down 0.72% over-week.
  • February 17-21, 2025, KSecurities expects the SET to have support at 1,250 and 1,235 points, but resistance at 1,300 and 1,310 points, respectively. KResearch advises investors to watch key factors, including Thailand’s GDP report for 4Q-2024, Fed officials’ remarks, policies of US president Donald Trump, and foreign fund flows. The US economic data that warrant close monitoring include January Housing Starts, Existing Home Sales, February Manufacturing and Services PMI (Flash), FOMC meeting minutes, plus Weekly Jobless Claims. Close attention must also be paid to Japan’s GDP report for 4Q-2024, China’s February LPR, Japan’s January CPI, plus February Manufacturing and Services PMI (Flash) of Japan, Eurozone and UK.

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