RECAP: Asian stocks rose for a fifth straight day on Friday, on course for their best week this year, as cooling US inflation stoked speculation that the Federal Reserve could pause interest-rate increases after this month.
Thai shares staged a rally on global factors despite continuing political uncertainty locally. The SET Index move in a range of 1,482.21 and 1,519.08 points this week before closing yesterday at 1,517.92, up 1.84% from the previous week, in daily turnover averaging 41.95 billion baht.
Institutions were net buyers of 2.91 billion baht, while foreign investors were net sellers of 2.17 billion, followed by brokers at…
