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SET index kicks off new year with a bang
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 04/01/2018
» The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index rang in the first trading day of the year on an upbeat note, with the gauge posting an all-time closing high of 1,778.53 points, eclipsing the previous record of 1,753.73 set on Jan 4, 1994.
Records tumble at home and abroad to welcome 2018
Business, Published on 06/01/2018
» Recap: Global stock markets continued to soar this week, with the Dow Jones index crossing the 25,000-point threshold to a new all-time closing high. Bullish sentiment was supported by a strong US employment rate and the Federal Reserve's upward revision of its forecast for the world's largest economy.
SET index hits fresh closing high
Business, Published on 06/01/2018
» The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index on Friday continued its string of all-time closing highs and stood on the verge of settling at 1,800 points for the first time since its inception in 1975.
SEC: Bitcoin futures are kosher
Business, Pathom Sangwongwanich, Published on 11/01/2018
» Despite allowing Thai investors to speculate on bitcoin via an international global derivatives trading service, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has insisted bitcoin futures is a regulated futures contract even as bitcoin itself is not legal tender in Thailand.
Man held for cheating job-seekers online
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 20/01/2018
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A young man is in custody after job-seekers were duped into paying brokerage fees online in exchange for well-paid jobs as fruit pickers in South Korea.
Beware of the bull
Spectrum, Umesh Pandey, Published on 21/01/2018
» 'Sell your house and buy stocks," a banker told Spectrum over dinner a few months ago.
ASL keys on research quality
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 22/01/2018
» ASL Securities, an online brokerage firm in Thailand, aims to focus on quality research, a new trading platform and developing robo-trading for its business strategy in 2018.
Vietnam biggest stock exchange halts trading
Published on 23/01/2018
» HO CHI MINH City: Trading on Vietnam’s main stock exchange, home to the nation’s benchmark VNIndex, was halted for the day after a malfunction.
South Korea tops, Thailand drops in innovation index
Published on 23/01/2018
» Score another one for Seoul while Silicon Valley slides.
Cold-call car insurance deals exposed as fraudulent
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 24/01/2018
» Thirty people sought legal action from the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) in Bangkok on Wednesday against a former insurance broker they say defrauded them of 5 million baht by falsely claiming to represent 10 vehicle insurance companies.