
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.