Wall St sets records but SET barely moves
published : 19 Dec 2020 at 04:00
Recap: The three major US stock indices hit record highs this week on optimism over a stimulus bill while European shares were mixed yesterday, with investors still on edge over a Brexit trade deal. Emerging markets were mixed with the MSCI emerging market index off slightly as US regulators blacklisted more mainland China stocks.
The SET index moved in a range of 1,459.97 and 1,495.37 points this week before closing yesterday at 1,482.38, almost unchanged from 1,482.67 the week before, in daily turnover averaging 107.08 billion baht.
Local investors were net buyers of 17.29 billion baht and brokerages purchased 1.71 billion. Institutional investors were net sellers of 10.36 billion baht and foreign investors offloaded 8.64 billion baht in shares.