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07 Dec 2024 | 23:54:16 GMT+7
WORLD
7 Dec 2024
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7 Dec 2024
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7 Dec 2024
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7 Dec 2024
'No special treatment' for Yingluck
VIDEO
7 Dec 2024
Bangkok's winter flower festival
Business
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7 Dec 2024
Pilots ask for rethink of wet leases
Thailand
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7 Dec 2024
A charter change muddle
Thailand
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7 Dec 2024
'No progress made' by Joint Technical Committee on Cambodia
Business
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7 Dec 2024
Shortage persists for senior housing
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6 Dec 2024
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‘Classified’ data suggest huge Russian losses in Ukraine
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19:37
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18:51
Second cash handout ‘by end of February’
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17:17
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GENERAL
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16:17
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GENERAL
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13:58
American tourist electrocuted in Phuket
POLITICS
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10:30
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06:25
Pheu Thai bill 'to curb coups'
POLITICS
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05:05
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POLITICS
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5 Dec 2024
People's Party urges action to curb PM2.5
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4 Dec 2024
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23 Nov 2024
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18 Nov 2024
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22 Nov 2024
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GENERAL
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18:15
Allowing foreign pilots ‘has helped cut fares’
GENERAL
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09:24
Korean turmoil dents equity trading sentiment
GENERAL
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07:10
State-Google fraud effort blocks scams
GENERAL
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06:38
Details behind the great loan-to-value debate
GENERAL
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05:40
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6 Dec 2024
EV makers mull forgoing subsidies
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5 Dec 2024
New taxes for EVs
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4 Dec 2024
Thailand extends EV production deadlines
MOTORING
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4 Dec 2024
Declining competitiveness, loan growth dent GDP outlook
MOTORING
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2 Dec 2024
Motorcycle sales set to increase in Q4
INVESTMENT
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09:24
Korean turmoil dents equity trading sentiment
INVESTMENT
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6 Dec 2024
Singapore's Temasek forms $7.5 billion private debt platform
INVESTMENT
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5 Dec 2024
Call for less investment in power plants
INVESTMENT
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2 Dec 2024
Local Bitcoin funds record returns of 30%
INVESTMENT
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30 Nov 2024
China optimism gives lift to Asian equities
EXCHANGE
WEATHER
SET
GOLD
Currency/Baht
Buy (Baht)
Sell (Baht)
USD
33.9209
34.2503
GBP
43.037
43.8888
EUR
35.6681
36.3911
JPY
22.3897
23.0877
HKD
4.3393
4.4277
CNY
4.6285
4.766
Source: Bank of Thailand (07 Dec 2024)
BANGKOK
Clouds
29°
/
31°
CHIANG MAI
Clouds
24°
/
27°
PATTAYA
Clouds
28°
/
28°
SURAT THANI
Clouds
27°
/
28°
PHUKET
Clouds
28°
/
28°
KANCHANABURI
Clouds
26°
/
26°
Source: openweathermap.org (07 Dec 2024)
SET
1,451.96
+1.14
SET50
936.67
+1.18
SET50FF
887.32
+0.37
SET100
2,024.52
+2.29
SET100FF
1,930.58
+0.75
sSET
780.07
-1.21
SETCLMV
764.70
+0.97
Source: settrade.com (07 Dec 2024)
Buy (Baht)
Sell (Baht)
GOLD
(1 BAHT WEIGHT, 96.5%)
Buy (Baht)
42,400.00
Sell (Baht)
42,500.00
ORNAMENT
(1 BAHT WEIGHT, 96.5%)
Buy (Baht)
41,629.36
Sell (Baht)
43,000.00
Source: GoldTraders (07 Dec 2024)
Date: 07 Dec 2024
Type
Today
Tomorrow
47.14
47.14
32.94
32.94
49.84
49.84
33.69
33.69
Type
Today
Tomorrow
35.68
35.68
36.05
36.05
Effective and projected prices as at 3 December 2024, 05:00 AM
Historical Retail Oil Prices
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05:30
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05:30
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05:00
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