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16 Sep 2024

Financial Markets

The Baht hit a new 19-month high while the SET closed slightly lower than the last week level

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•    The SET dropped early to mid-week but recovered somewhat during the remainder of the week.
        The Thai stock market dropped early to mid-week due to profit-taking sell-offs after investors have responded to domestic positive factors like the formation of a new government and the Vayupak Fund for a while. Energy stocks led losses, pressured by falling global oil prices after OPEC downwardly revised its growth forecast for global oil demand in 2024 and 2025.
        The SET recovered somewhat during the remainder of the week amid foreign investors’ purchases in line with the rebound seen in other Asian stock markets on expectations of Fed rate cut next week. The SET was mainly boosted by banking, finance and technology stocks. However, the gains were capped at the end of the week as investors waited for the outcome of FOMC meeting, details on the government's economic stimulus policy, and the flood situation in northern Thailand.
•    On Friday, September 13, 2024, the SET closed at 1,424.39 points, down 0.23% over-week. The average daily trading value was THB65,359.92 million, up 7.61% over-week. The mai closed at 351.58 points, up 2.01% over-week.
•    September 16-20, 2024, KSecurities expects the SET to have support at 1,410 and 1,400 points, but resistance at 1,440 and 1,450 points, respectively. KResearch views that key matters to watch include the upcoming FOMC meeting (September 17-18) and foreign fund flows. The US economic data that warrant close monitoring include August Retail Sales, Industrial Production, Housing Starts, Existing Home Sales, plus Weekly Jobless Claims. Close attention must also be paid to the upcoming BOE and BOJ meetings, August CPI of UK, Eurozone and Japan, plus China’s September LPR. 

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