<p><span>The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index rose in January, though a new wave of COVID-19 pandemic in domestic market prompted the government to impose a partial lockdown and the inter-provincial travel restriction in some areas. Positive sentiment propelled by the U.S.'s Blue Wave election outcome and the ongoing global recovery in consistent with Thailand's export growth of 4.71 percent year-on-year in December 2020, the first increase in 8 months and the biggest increase in 22 months.</span></p>