ท่านสามารถอ่านและดาวน์โหลดเอกสารได้จาก Daily240619_TLimited recovery. Bad news if it falls below 1290 Market todayUnclear political issues continue to pressure the index and fund flows, limiting recovery with resistances at 1310 and 1320; the lower bound is limited at 1290, which is used as a following point. If the index continues to move down, signals are negative, with next support at 1280.Today’s highlights• US industrial production in May increased 0.9%MoM and 0.4%YoY, while retail sales in May rose 0.1%MoM and 2.3%YoY, missing market expectations. • The BoJ indicated it may raise interest rates in July, depending on economic data at that time, reflecting its intention to continuously push up borrowing costs from the near 0% currently. • Ukraine sent drones to attack a Russian oil depot at Azov port, causing a widespread fire. Israel's defense minister warned that Israel will decide to wage full-scale war against Hezbollah in Lebanon soon. • Thailand's Tourism Authority reports that Jan 1 to Jun 16, 16.2mn foreign tourists visited Thailand, generating Bt766bn in revenue. The top 5 countries sending visitors were China, Malaysia, India, Russia, and South Korea. • The BoT governor disagrees with the government's proposal to review the inflation target framework, citing risks of rapidly rising inflation leading to higher borrowing costs. • The Ministry of Finance said the government is considering measures to stimulate the stock market, including revising LTF conditions or adjusting the ThaiESG fund to attract more investors. • From July 1, the Stock Exchange of Thailand will implement an uptick rule, allowing short selling of all securities only at prices higher than the last trade instead of at or above the last price currently. However, it postponed the circuit breaker rule for individual stocks to 3Q24 and will add an auto trading halt rule in 1Q25.Strategy today In the short term, political instability is keeping the SET volatile and fragile. On Jun 18 the constitutional court did not reach a verdict on cases for the Move Forward Party and for the Prime Minister, both of which it will decide in July. This will keep the SET underperforming the region amid expectations of continued weakness in automobile production and exports. China and US industrial production is expected to continue recovering and the BoE is expected to keep interest rate at 5.25% but to signal an easing in monetary policy in 3Q24. Our strategy is “Selective Buy”.Trading todayPolitical risk is making the Thai capital market volatile and fragile and leading the SET to underperform the region. We recommend “Selective Buy” with four main themes: 1) Global plays: Companies whose profit is expected to continue to recover and benefit from a global recovery sufficient to offset domestic turmoil – KCE, SCGP and PTTGC. 2) 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. 3) Stocks expected to benefit from the EURO 2024 football competition between June 14-July 14, 2024, - ADVANC, TRUE, CPALL, MINT and TU. 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 picksTOP: In the short term the company benefits from increasing oil price while refinery margin is at bottom and waiting to recover, tagging seasonal demand for gasoline and jet fuel. Aromatics profit is expected to improve on strong product spread, which is supported by tight supply in Asia. MTC: The company will benefit when interest rates start their expected steps down, which will cut financial cost. 2024 profit is expected to recover and grow by 22% (after a 3% contraction in 2023), off loan growth of 19%, lower credit cost and slowing opex growth after it slowed branch expansion.Today’s reportsPetrochemicals – Product spreads weakened across the board Click here to read and/or download file Daily240619_E |