In the first half this year, foreign investors bought a net 35.98 billion baht (US$1.04 billion) instead of net selling last year. The Thai stock market generated the highest returns of all markets in Asean in the first half of this year, according to the Stock Exchange of Thailand. SET president Kesara Manchusree said on Tuesday that as of June 30 this year the SET index continued to rise to 1,444.99, generating a return on investment of 12.2% in baht terms or 15.2% in US dollar from the end of last year. It also led regional peers in terms of daily trading value for the fifth consecutive year while also attracting the highest inflows of more than $1 billion from Jan 1 to June 30 this year. Its liquidity as measured by the average daily trading value -- at 46.67 billion baht or $1.31 billion -- was not only the highest in the region but also the market's record since 2012, Mrs Kesara said.

Source: Bangkok Post July 26, 2016 09:11 UTC