SET finishes year up 26% from 2006
Nuntawun Polkuamdee of The Bangkok Post reports The Stock Exchange of Thailand ended its final day of trade for 2007 at 858.1 points, with Thai stocks posting a 26.22% gain for 2007.
The smaller Market for Alternative Investment posted even stronger gains, rising 40.81% over the year to close at 272.37 points.
Foreign investors were net buyers [...]
Posted: January 4th, 2008 under Economic News.
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Thai poll turnout a record
December 27 Turnout in Thailand’s election reached a record 74.45%, higher than the 70% projected by the army-backed government, according to the Election Commission Chairman Apichart Sukhagganond.Final figures provided by the Commission show that about 32.8m of the 45.64m eligible voters cast ballots.
The People Power Party (Thaksin’s allies) won 233 of the 480 seats in parliament, [...]
Posted: December 27th, 2007 under Economic News.
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