Thailand’s SET Index closed at 1,266.38 points, decreased 20.60 points or 1.60%, with a trading value of THB 42.50 billion. The analyst stated that the Thai market continued downward movement due to renewed trade war concerns between the United States and China. Most stocks are traded in the negative territory today.
The analyst expects the Thai market to continue downward movement tomorrow due to a lack of supporting factors, while also recommending investors closely monitor the banking sector’s earnings reports.
Thailand’s newly formed economic Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Anutin Charnvirakul, will hold its inaugural meeting on October 15, 2025, at the Parliament Building. This first session follows last week’s Cabinet approval of over 25 committee members from various economic ministries and government agencies.
U.S. President Donald Trump is slated to visit Malaysia on October 26, as the country prepares to host the ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur from October 26 to 28.
The visit is expected to coincide with a historic ceasefire accord between Thailand and Cambodia following deadly border clashes earlier this year.
The United States and China have signaled plans to keep high-level trade talks on course, as U.S. President Donald Trump prepares for a late-October meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea.
The U.S. government has introduced a comprehensive strategy aimed at dismantling foreign-run scam networks, with the “Dismantle Foreign Scam Syndicates Act.” The policy, overseen by an interagency task force, underscores Washington’s commitment to combating overseas criminal organizations—primarily in Southeast Asia—that run human trafficking compounds used for large-scale online scams targeting American citizens.
