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BoT: Don't expect low key rate policy
24/05/2012 : The National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) should not have high hopes that the central bank will implement a low interest rate policy to help stimulate the economy, Bank of Thailand governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul said on Thursday.
SET rebounds on Greece’s good news
24/05/2012 : The Stock Exchange of Thailand main index rebounded more than ten points in the afternoon trading session on the back of the good news that the European Union will continue to help Greece remain in the eurozone.
SET rebounds 15.08 points
24/05/2012 : The Stock Exchange of Thailand main index went up 15.08 points or 1.36% to close at 1,125.78 points at the end of trading session on Thursday afternoon. The trade value was 31.08 billion baht, with 4.01 billion shares traded.
Rubber traders buying on exchanges
24/05/2012 : Rubber shippers from Thailand, the world's largest producer, have started purchases on the Tokyo and Shanghai exchanges to shore up prices of the commodity used mainly in tyres and gloves, according to the Thai Rubber Association.
190kg ganja found on Mekong bank
24/05/2012 : Border patrol police on Thursday morning seized 190kg of compressed marijuana, or ganja, believed to have been sent from Laos, on the bank of the Mekong river in Tha Uthen district of Nakhon Phanom province.
Yongyuth to chair compo payouts
24/05/2012 : Deputy Prime Minoister Yongyuth Wichaidit will stand in for the prime minister at the ceremony for the handing out of the first compensation packages to 524 victims of political violence this afternoon, a Government House spokesman said.
SET down 4.42 points midday
24/05/2012 : The Stock Exchange of Thailand main index went down 4.42 points or 0.40% to close at 1,106.28 points at the end of trading session on Thursday morning. The trade value was 13.35 billion baht, with 1.88 billion shares traded.
SET up 0.32% at opening
24/05/2012 : Thai stocks opened up 3.58 points at the start of trade Thursday morning.
Suu Kyi to visit Bangkok next week
24/05/2012 : Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will visit Bangkok next week on her first trip overseas in more than two decades, according to her party.
Gold prices for Thursday
24/05/2012 : The Gold Traders Association this morning set the buying prices at 22,906.76 baht per baht-weight for gold ornaments and 23,250 baht per baht-weight for gold bar.
