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Baht slides on Fed movements

23 May 2013 : The baht fell by its biggest margin in almost two weeks Thursday as speculation the US Federal Reserve will scale back its bond buying dampened demand for emerging-market assets.
SET index dives 23.81 points

23 May 2013 : The Stock Exchange of Thailand main index went down 23.81 points, or 1.46%, to close at 1,607.46 points at the end of trading session this afternoon. The trade value was 78.13 billion baht, with 12.30 billion shares traded.

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