Shares mixed in thin holiday trade

Recap: Global shares were mixed on Christmas Eve with thin trading volumes as some major markets, including Hong Kong and Singapore, closed early for the Christmas holiday.

The SET index moved in a range of 1,612.96 and 1,645.71 points this week before closing yesterday at 1,637.22, down 0.27% from the previous week, in daily turnover averaging 67.48 billion baht.

Foreign investors were net buyers of 4.54 billion baht and brokerage firms bought 1.79 billion baht. Institutional investors were net sellers of 5.55 billion baht and retail investors offloaded 780.79 million baht worth of shares.

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