All eyes on Fed next week as global shares steady
published :
24 Jul 2021 at 04:00
Recap: Global stocks had a volatile week before picking up on Friday. The MSCI World Index steadied after three days of gains. The market is looking ahead to next week's Federal Reserve meeting after the European Central Bank pledged on Thursday to continue with heavy stimulus spending. Emerging markets and Asian shares slid, pressured by coronavirus worries.
The SET index moved in a range of 1,530.62 and 1,563.88 points before closing yesterday at 1,545.10, down 1.86% from the previous week, in daily turnover averaging 72.51 billion baht.
Retail investors were net buyers of 8.22 billion baht and brokers bought 973.25 million. Foreign investors were net sellers of 6.2 billion and institutional investors sold 2.99 billion baht worth of shares.