Local Institutions Lift SET above 1,600pts. with ฿1.29bln. Buy, Foreigners Pour ฿1.2bln.
The total value of purchasing and selling separated by investor's type as of January 22, 2019.
Local institutions continued to lift the market with ฿1.29 billion buy, sent SET index to close above 1,600 points.
SET soared above 1,600 points to close at 1,601.77, jumped 13.39 points or 0.84% with ฿49.2 billion in value. Unlike Asia markets, SET hiked almost 1%, supported by PTT and BDMS for the two highest impact shares to SET index.
The cabinet has agreed with the Central Committee on Prices of Goods and Services Price to put medical supplies, services, and drugs on price control policy from 2019 onwards. However, the investors had come to understand that the government would not be the determiner of the price, but to control the price not to go above or below the actual price.
