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Foreign investors have poured about 41 billion baht into Thailand's stock market so far this year as global funds rotate away from expensive technology shares and seek safer markets with stronger returns, placing Thai equities among Asia's top performers.The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has benefited from a broad reallocation of global portfolios as investors trim exposure to technology stocks, particularly artificial intelligence (AI)-related shares, following sharp gains that pushed valuations to elevated levels.
"We are seeing a rotation of capital from overseas technology stocks into markets offering more attractive opportunities," said SET president Asadej Kongsiri.
As of July 7, foreign investors had purchased a net 41 billion baht of Thai equities, up from 27 billion at the end of June, making Thailand one of the few Asian markets to record sustained foreign inflows this year.
The benchmark SET index ended the first half of 2026 just below 1,600 points, delivering year-to-date gains of 26%, making it one of the world's best-performing equity markets. Market capitalisation has recovered to around 20 trillion baht, while average daily trading value during the first six months rose 58% from a year earlier to approximately 66 billion baht.
