The Thai stock market has ticked lower in three straight sessions, sinking more than 15 points or 1.2 percent along the way. The Stock Exchange of Thailand now sits just above the 1,260-point plateau and it's looking at another soft start again on Tuesday.
The global forecast for the Asian markets is flat to lower ahead of the FOMC meeting later this week. The European markets were mixed and little changed and the U.S. bourses were soft and the Asian markets figure to split the difference. The SET finished sharply lower on Monday following losses from the food, finance, industrial, property, resource, service and technology sectors. For the day, the index dropped 12.38 points or 0.97 percent to finish at 1,261.39 after trading between 1,258.47 and 1,279.54. Volume was 5.666 billion shares worth 37.422 billion baht. There were 321 decliners and 144 gainers, with 195 stocks finishing unchanged. Among the actives, Advanced Info fell 0.33 percent, while Asset World slumped 0.99 percent, Banpu improved 0.81 percent, Bangkok Bank shed 0.60 percent, Bangkok Dusit Medical picked up 0.53 percent, B. Grimm stumbled 2.14 percent, BTS Group jumped 0.80 percent, CP All Public increased 0.58 percent, Energy Absolute added 0.77 percent, Gulf declined 0.62 percent, Kasikornbank collected 0.26 percent, Krung Thai Bank dropped 0.87 percent, PTT Oil & Retail sank 0.76 percent, PTT skidded 0.79 percent, PTT Exploration and Production gained 0.47 percent, PTT Global Chemical retreated 1.48 percent, SCG Packaging cratered 2.60 percent, Siam Commercial Bank contracted 1.50 percent, Siam Concrete tumbled 1.90 percent, Thai Oil plunged 1.40 percent, True Corporation rallied 2.75 percent, TTB Bank lost 0.51 percent and Charoen Pokphand Foods, Krung Thai Card, Thailand Airport and Bangkok Expressway were unchanged.
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Market Analysis
May 15, 2026 15:25 ET Apart from the confirmation of Kevin Warsh as the next Fed chair, the main news on the economics front this week included key price data from the U.S. and the first quarter economic growth figures from major economies. Both consumer prices and producer costs have started to reflect the effect of supply shocks due to the Middle East conflict. In Europe, GDP data was in focus, while inflation data from China dominated the news flow in Asia.