SET rises on a good day for Asian indices

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index closed at 1,633.94 on Friday, up 1.50 points or 0.09 per cent. Transactions totalled 70.35 billion baht with an index high of 1,640.66 and a low of 1,632.88.

The index gained for the second day in a row after rising by 1.97 points or 0.12 per cent on Thursday.

The 10 stocks with the highest trade value today were KBANK, BAM, CPALL, KCE, PTT, SCGP, KEX, SVI, CBG and OSP.

Other Asian indices were on the rise:

Japan's Nikkei Index closed at 29,609.97, up 332.11 points or 1.13 per cent.
China's Shanghai SE Composite closed at 3,539.10, up 6.31 points or 0.18 per cent, while the Shenzhen SE Component closed at 14,705.37, up 5.62 points or 0.038 per cent.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index closed at 25,327.97, up 79.98 points or 0.32 per cent.
South Korea's KOSPI Index closed at 2,968.80, up 43.88 points or 1.50 per cent.
Taiwan's TAIEX Index closed at 17,518.13, up 65.61 points or 0.38 per cent.