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4 Mar 2024

Financial Markets

The Baht moved within a tight range while the SET fell sharply from the previous week

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The Thai stock market fell throughout the week amid the sell-offs of foreign investors.
        The SET dropped from the beginning of the week due to the lack of new supporting factors and foreign investors’ sell-offs, especially in electronic components stocks (which reported disappointing 4Q-23 performance results) and power plant stocks (on concern that the government would try to control electricity prices). The SET continued to drop until the end of the week amid sell-offs of large-cap stocks across various sectors in contrary to the rise of other stock markets, as it was weighed by the MSCI Rebalance that took effect on February 29, 2024 and the profit-taking after the end of the 4Q-23 earnings announcement period.
        On Friday, March 1, 2024, the SET closed at 1,367.42 points, down 2.20% over-week. The average daily trading value was THB58,557.37 million, up 23.55% over-week. The mai closed at 413.24 points, down 2.01% over-week.
        March 4-8, 2024, KSecurities expects the SET to have support at 1,360 and 1,350 points, but resistance at 1,375 and 1,385 points, respectively. KResearch views that key matters to watch include Thailand’s February CPI, Fed officials’ remarks and foreign fund flows. The US economic data that warrant close monitoring include February Services ISM/PMI, ADP Employment Report, Non-farm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate, plus Weekly Jobless Claims. Close attention must also be paid to the upcoming ECB meeting, February Services PMI of Japan, China, Eurozone and UK, Eurozone’s GDP report for 4Q-23, plus China’s Exports for January-February.

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