Virus worries keep regional investors on edgeRecap: Emerging market assets stabilised following a roller-coaster week marked by rising concern about the coronavirus outbreak in China. The SET index moved in a range of 1,566.86 and 1,598.70 points over the week and closed at 1,569.55, down 1.9% from the previous week, in turnover averaging 63.40 billion baht a day. Retail investors were net buyers of 14 billion baht and brokerage firms bought 1.5 billion. Institutional investors were net sellers of 14.3 billion baht and foreign investors offloaded 1.3 billion baht worth of shares. Australia will announce December business confidence on Tuesday and the US will release December durable goods orders.

Source: Bangkok Post January 24, 2020 23:37 UTC