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Strong economic indicators cheer global investors

Recap: Global shares headed higher on Friday as US futures and commodity prices advanced ahead of jobs data that was expected to cap a series of strong economic reports. Forecast-beating Chinese trade figures also lifted sentiment.

The SET index moved in a range of 1,551.42 and 1,589.21 points this week before closing yesterday at 1,585.03, up 0.12% on the week, in daily turnover averaging 104.1 billion baht.

Retail investors were net buyers of 9.41 billion baht. Foreign investors was net sellers 6.02 billion baht, brokers sold 2.4 billion and institutional investors offloaded 997.75 million baht worth of shares.

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