Nareerat Wiriyapong

5 days ago | bangkokpost.com | Nuntawun Polkuamdee |Nareerat Wiriyapong

RECAP: Asian stocks notched small gains in thin trade yesterday as investors largely adopted a wait-and-see approach on tariff negotiations before making long-term bets. Some markets were closed for the Good Friday holiday. The SET index moved in a range of 1,120.72 and 1,153.20 points this week, closing yesterday at 1,150.95, up 2% from the previous week, with daily turnover averaging 31.59 billion baht for three trading days.

6 days ago | bangkokpost.com | Nareerat Wiriyapong

Currency rallies to a 6-month high PUBLISHED : 18 Apr 2025 at 05:10 A customer exchanges currency at a branch of Travelex in Bangkok. (file photo) The baht could appreciate past the key psychological level of 33 to the dollar in the second quarter after the currency strengthened to a six-month high yesterday, amid the intensifying US-China trade war, says Kasikorn Research Center (K-Research).

1 week ago | bangkokpost.com | Nuntawun Polkuamdee |Nareerat Wiriyapong

PUBLISHED : 12 Apr 2025 at 03:30 Listen to this article Play Pause RECAP: Stocks in Asian emerging markets slipped yesterday as anxiety over tariff uncertainty and the broader fallout from an escalating US-China trade war prompted a pullback from riskier assets. But there was relief for regional currencies as the US dollar fell below 100 against a basket of major units for the first time since July 2023.

1 week ago | bangkokpost.com | Nuntawun Polkuamdee |Nareerat Wiriyapong

RECAP: Stocks in Asian emerging markets slipped yesterday as anxiety over tariff uncertainty and the broader fallout from an escalating US-China trade war prompted a pullback from riskier assets. But there was relief for regional currencies as the US dollar fell below 100 against a basket of major units for the first time since July 2023.

2 weeks ago | bangkokpost.com | Nareerat Wiriyapong

PUBLISHED : 10 Apr 2025 at 03:30 With the US reciprocal tariff for Thailand higher than most regional neighbours, SCB EIC slashed its Thai GDP forecast to 1.4-1.5% from 2.4%. SCB EIC, the research centre of Siam Commercial Bank (SCB), has downgraded Thailand's economic growth forecast this year to 1.4-1.5% from 2.4% after US President Donald Trump's tariff hike on Thai imports.