ท่านสามารถอ่านและดาวน์โหลดเอกสารได้จาก Daily240612_T Range-bound. Watching for new factors
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Market today | The SET fluctuated between 1310-1325 yesterday and today investors are watching several key issues: 1) politics, as the Constitutional Court will consider the dissolution of the Move Forward Party (to hear the verdict or make further investigation), 2) inflation from US CPI in May and 3) the FOMC meeting and the dot plot. | Today’s highlights | • The World Bank has raised its forecast for global GDP growth this year from 2.4% to 2.6%, driven by the expansion of the US economy. • The EIA has revised up its forecast for global oil demand growth in 2024 to 1.1mn bbl/day from the previous 900,000 bbl/day, while OPEC expects demand to grow by 2.2mn bbl/day in 2024 and 1.8mn bbl/day in 2025. • Apple's stock price rose 7.3% to a record high after announcing plans to integrate AI technology into the iPhone, iPad and Mac. • A group of people affected by high oil prices submitted a letter to the Prime Minister demanding for a cap on diesel price at Bt30/litre as it is an input cost for all production sectors. They warned they will escalate protests if no action is taken within 10 days. • The Prime Minister has ordered the Energy Ministry to talk with the BOI to allow the private sector to directly buy and sell electricity from clean and renewable energy producers. This will be proposed at next week's EPPO meeting. • From Jan 1 to Jun 9, 2024, Thailand had over 15.5mn international tourist arrivals, generating around Bt736bn in revenue. The top 5 source markets were China, Malaysia, India, Russia and South Korea. • The Cabinet has approved adjusting fares for the Blue Line to between a minimum of Bt17 and a maximum of Bt45, effective Jul 3, 2024, to comply with the concession agreement for Bangkok's mass transit system fare adjustments. | Strategy today | In the short term the SET remains fragile, hurt by increasing political turmoil, which will pressure the market to underperform the region. The MPC is expected to keep interest rate at 2.50% at its meeting this week. No boost is expected from outside the country, with US and China CPIs expected to rise MoM and the FOMC expected to keep its rate at 5.50% but adjust the dot plot estimate of cutting the rate to less than the previous forecast of three times. Our strategy is “Selective Buy”. | Trading today | The Thai capital market continues to feel the pressure of local political risk, leading it to underperform the region, while there is no new positive outside the country this week to counteract. We recommend “Selective Buy” with four main themes: 1) Stocks whose 2Q24 profit is expected to grow YoY and QoQ, with attractive valuations and who are players in industries that have been able to outshine the market YTD – ICT: ADVANC; Tourism: MINT; and Food: TU, BTG and OSP. 2) Stocks expected to benefit from the EURO 2024 football competition between June 14-July 14, 2024, - ADVANC, TRUE, CPALL, CPAXT, BJC, MINT and TU. 3) Stocks expected to benefit from recovery in manufacturing, especially in China, whose profit has touched bottom but whose stock price has yet to respond appropriately - KCE, SCGP and PTTGC. 4) Tension has eased about the situation in the Middle East, leading Brent down to the lower bound of US$80-90/bbl, which is seen as an opportunity to hedge. For high-risk takers, we recommend an upstream oil stock – PTTEP. | Daily top picks | HANA: The company benefits from the depreciation of the baht, and profit is expected to regain momentum in 2Q24 and climb in 2H24, supported by replacement cycles for AI smartphones, RFID and PMS businesses. It is not expected to be affected by rising copper and gold prices as it is able to pass the cost on to customers. GULF: 2Q24 core profit is expected to reach a new high and continue growing for the rest of the year from higher capacity. It also has solid hopes lying in two power plant auctions. Valuation is attractive, currently trading at a 2024 PER of 23x or -1.5 S.D. to PER mean. | Today’s reports | Petrochemicals – Spreads were lifted by cheaper feedstock GLOBAL – Revival led by margin in 2Q24F and SSS in 2H24F | | Click here to read and/or download file Daily240612_E |
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