November 25, 2020

Thai Enquirer Summary

Political News

 As police were preparing to beef up security around the to handle a pro-democracy rally expected today, the Khana Ratsadon 2020 (People’s Party) group took to its Twitter page to announce that it will no longer be outside the Crown Property Bureau.

 The group will hold a rally outside (SCB)’s head office on Rachadapisek Rd.

 In preparation for the protest at its headquarters today, SCB announced that it was closing its operations at the headquarters for 1-day.

 The rally is scheduled to take place from 15:00 hrs today. The group said the relocation is to avoid a possible clash with other protest movements.

 Phaholyothin police have put up around 70 iron barriers and late into the night were setting up CCTV around the bank’s road.

 The move by the Khana Ratsadon 2020 was announced at around 22:30 hrs last night as a way to avoid any kind of clashes that could have been possible had the protest gone ahead to be held around the previous location of the Crown Property Bureau.

 The authorities had put in pillars declaring that the Crown Property Bureau area is ‘royal grounds’ which means that nobody can hold protest within 150-meters anywhere close to the property.

 If that was not enough, barred wired and containers were all put in place to block the roads around the Government House and the Crown Property Bureau.

 At the same time the Royal Thai Police investigators have issued summons to a dozen of Khana Ratsadon activists to face charges under the lese majeste law under Section 112 of the Criminal Code, according to a report from the Royal Thai Police Office.

 The 12 activists who are facing lese majeste charges are:  Parit “Penguin” Chiwarak  Anon Nampa  Panusaya “Rung” Sithijirawattanakul  Panupong “Mike Rayong” Jadnok  Passaravalee “Mind” Thanakitvibulphol  Juthathip Sirikan

 Chanin Wongsri  Piyarat “Toto” Jongthep  Thatthep Ruangprapaikitseree  Atthapol Buapat  Chukiat Saengwong  Sombat Thongyoi

 These protest leaders had until November 30 to acknowledge the charges over comments made at protests on September 19 and 20, according to a police source.

 Yesterday, plain clothed police from the Metropolitan Police Bureau armed with an arrest warrant from the Ubon Ratchathani provincial court apprehended Piyarat Jongthep or Toto, head of the Khana Ratsadon’s security guard team, for breaching Section 116 of the Criminal Code and the Computer Crime Act due to his speech given on a rally stage in Ubon Ratchathani province in August. Piyarat was arrested and taken to the Saladaeng police station.

 Passarawalee “Mind” Thanakitvibulphol, one of the key leaders of the student movement, came out to say this morning that if embattled Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha resigns and allows the parliament to elect anyone within the parliament to take the position then they would be willing to accept the notion and would be willing to allow the charted to be drafted with the Constitution Drafting Committee that has been approved by the parliament.

 Meanwhile at the Democrat Party’s headquarters yesterday, Thaworn Senniam, Deputy Transport Minister and Democrat Party MP for Songkhla, came out to accuse Progressive Movement core leaders Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit and Piyabutr Saengkanokkul of being the masterminds behind the youth-led prodemocracy rallies.

 Thaworn said he had evidence that the 2 figures used young people as a tool to drive their reform goals which equal the toppling of the monarchy.

 Thaworn said he had a video clip showing the use of hate speech by Piyabuytr while giving a speech at the University of London on April 11, 2016. Thaworn said the clip showed that Piyabutr accused His Majesty the late King of exercising influence over judges. Thaworn said Piyabutr’s speech is a distortion of fact since the late King in his address to judges on April 24, 2006, did not give them any instructions.

 Thaworn also accused Thanathorn of making speeches in several occasions and through his book “Portrait Thanathorn” in November 2018 which stressed the need for reform of the monarchy, adding that the founding of the Future Forward Party, which was dissolved by the Constitutional Court, was intended to achieve that goal.

 The Deputy Transport Minister called on police and security officials to take legal action against the 2 Progressive Movement leaders, accusing both of them of pulling the strings behind the current anti-establishment protests and seeking sweeping reforms of the monarchy.

 In a separate development, Progressive Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit reportedly denied all charges filed by the Election Commission (EC) over his alleged media shareholding when reporting to police investigators at Metropolitan Police Bureau sub-division 2 yesterday.

 Thanathorn said he is confident that he had sufficient evidence to show that he completed the transfer of shares in V-Luck Media Co Ltd prior to applying to be an MP.

 He mentioned the Constitutional Court’s ruling acquitting government MPs of also holding shares in media companies, particularly the case of Pada Vorakanon, a Palang Pracharath MP for . She was not found guilty of a media

shareholding. She had testified that the media firm she held shares in was already closed down.

 Thanathorn said his media business had also been closed. Intention should be taken into consideration in the matter. He said he had proof of the sale of his media shares.

 Police investigators are expected to send Thanathorn’s case to prosecutors on December 9th for them to decide whether to take Thanathorn’s case to the Criminal Court or not.

 Yesterday, army chief Gen Narongphan Jitkaewtae came out to rule out a chance of a military coup to end the current political crisis after helicopters hovering above on the city days and nights since Monday.

 The army chief said the increased helicopter activity heard over several areas of Bangkok was part of security arrangements for the motorcade of His Majesty the King and Her Majesty the Queen.

 The helicopter hovering around was reportedly went on for hours in the skies over central Bangkok, sparking rumours of an imminent coup on social media. However, Gen Narongphan came out to dismiss a coup rumour as “pure fantasy” as he advised reporters to get a lot of rest and not fall victim to fake news or they could be “held accountable” for the consequences of such speculation.

 Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam came out to explain matters relating to the lifting of martial law and who holds the power to declare martial law.

 Wissanu reportedly had a meeting with the National Security Council (NSC) secretary-general in which he said to discuss the extension of the state of emergency for another 45 days to control the COVID-19 pandemic. He insisted

that the extension of the emergency law had nothing to do with the Khana Ratsadon-led major rally on November 25.

 Wissanu also dismissed rampant speculation of the enforcement of martial law to rein in pro-democracy rallies. He said His Majesty the King holds the power to declare martial law.

 Parliament Speaker announced the decision of the 3 whips---government, opposition and Senate---to forge ahead with the formation of a reconciliation committee comprising 21 members.

 At the yesterday meeting in Parliament attended by , government chief whip Virat Rattanasate and opposition chief whip Suthin Khlangsaeng, Chuan announced that the panel will comprise 2 representatives each from the government, government MPs, opposition MPs, senators, the protest group, as well as other concerned groups.

 The panel will also have nine highly regarded academics and experts - three from the Council of University Presidents of , one from the Council of Presidents of Rajabhat Universities, one from the Council of Presidents of Rajamangala Universities of Technology, and four experts with experience in previous reconciliation efforts.

 House Deputy Secretary-General Kunnawut Tantrakul will serve as the panel’s secretary.

 Sutin, however, said he was not sure if the proposed panel will by supported by all stakeholders but suggested that now its structure is set, the opposition camp, as well as the protest group, should reconsider joining it after previously declining the invitation.

 The opposition chief whip also said that the panel’s immediate priority is to find ways to defuse the tension but it will also work on long-term solutions to the political conflict.

 Protest leader Panusaya “Rung” Sithijirawattanakul has been named as one of the world’s 100 most inspirational and influential women of 2020 by the BBC.

 Panusaya, a leader of the United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration group, made international headlines in August when she read out a 10-point manifesto for monarchy reform at a Bangkok rally.She is among three Thais on the BBC’s “100 Women of 2020” list.

 The other two are Kotchakorn Voraakhom, an urban landscape architect, and Cindy Sirinya Bishop, an actress, model and TV host who also campaigns to end violence against women.

Economic News

 Embattled Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha is forced to shift his meeting venue with US business leaders and executives from Government House to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head Office Building in fear of political demonstrations.

 According to the original schedule, Gen Prayut was set for a semi-online meeting with executives of the US-ASEAN Business Council which will see the US Ambassador to Thailand being present at Government House.

 He will also meet with around 88 Thailand-based American business executives of 38 US companies from 8 major industries including the energy, basic infrastructure, commerce and financial services. The subjects on the agenda will be investment and international trade. They are also expected to offer ideas on how investing in Thailand can be made easy for foreigners.

 Measures to stimulate domestic car sales including the trade-in incentive will be put up for consideration at the Centre for Economic Administration Situation (CESA)’s meeting on December 2, according to Deputy Prime Minister and Energy Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow.

 Danucha Pichayanan, secretary-general to the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC), earlier said the new car sales stimulus measures may include a car trade-in scheme worth 100,000 baht for individual car owners who can use the expense as an income tax deduction, as proposed by the private sector. The scheme would be applicable only for owners of cars older than 10 years, or those who purchase electric vehicles (EVs).

 The Public Debt Management Office (PDMO) director-general Patricia Mongkhonvanit came out to dismiss rumours of the Finance Ministry’s plan to take out an additional loan of 3 trillion baht next year, the sum is deemed the biggest sum in the Thai history. As a result, the country’s public debt level will soar above 9 trillion baht.

 Dismissing the rumour as untrue, Patricia said the Ministry has plans to seek new borrowing of merely 1.47 trillion baht, leaving a deficit of 623 billion baht with a budget of 550 billion baht earmarked for economic and social rehabilitation.

 The PDMO has been asked to consider seeking external loans to diversify lending sources amid higher demand from the private sector amid the Covid-19 crisis, says the Finance Ministry. External loans should be obtained from international financial institutions as opposed to loans borrowed from overseas money markets, says Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith.

 Arkhom reassured that the public debt-to-GDP ratio at 49.35 per cent remains well below the public debt ceiling of 60 per cent of GDP.

 Thai shares slid 18.80 points or 1.32 per cent to close at 1,401.63 points yesterday with total transaction of 102.837 billion baht. Investors’ mass sell-offs of Thai shares for a

profit-taking led by local institutions were net sellers of 4.008 billion baht of Thai shares while individual investors scooped up 3.514 billion baht of Thai shares while there were no other major negative factors to weigh down the market.

 The Business Development Department reported yesterday new business registrations totalled 5,538 in August, with combined registered capital worth 14.3 billion baht, a decrease of 17% from last year.

 On a monthly basis, the number of new business registrations dropped 2% from July, while registered capital fell 14% from the previous month.

 The top three sectors for new business registrations in August were building and construction (548), real estate (284), and logistics, transport and delivery services (162).

 Sorada Lertharpachit, deputy director-general of the department, said most business operators remain worried the pandemic will continue to cripple the economy, with a recovery led by the government's spending and stimulus measures, investment acceleration and virus impact relief plans that have been gradually introduced.

 Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi, the founder of Thai Beverage, now ranks 125th richest man in the world, with a net worth of 15.2 billion, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

 Sarath Ratanavadi, CEO of Gulf Energy Development Plc (GULF), ranks 203rd place, with a net worth of $9.86 billion.

 Elon Musk has overtaken Bill Gates as the 2nd richest man in the world, as per Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

 Tesla co-founder’s net worth soared to $127.9 billion. Musk edged past Bill Gates. Only Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is still the planet’s wealthiest man.

 Bangkok Dusit Medical Service Plc (BDMS) yesterday confirmed decision to dispose all its ordinary shares in Bumrungrad Hospital (BH) worth around 18.613 billion baht amid

rumours that Dr Pongsak Viddayakorn, a major shareholder of Principal Capital Plc (PRIN), has scooped up all of a 22.71 per cent stake in BH.

 According to BDMS’s filing with the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), it will sell more than 180,715,806 shares at 103 baht apiece, representing 22.71 per cent of Bumrungrad Hospital’s total issued shares,

 Narumol Noi-am, BDMS’s Senior Executive Vice President, said the purchaser confirmed the availability of funds for the share purchase and BDMS is expected make the initial sales of 90,500,000 shares on Thursday.

 The sale of the remaining shares is expected to be completed by December 31. BDMS has noted, however, that the sale is still uncertain and subject to the availability of the purchaser’s funding.

 Dr Pongsak is one of co-founders of Bangkok Hospital Medical Centre. He is a veteran property and hospital developer. In 2017, PRIN started to shift its focus on managing private hospitals and property development.

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General News

 Thailand logged 2 new cases over a 24-hour period. Two foreigners test positive for Covid-19 in quarantine hotels, according to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).

 A 5-month old Indian baby, which arrived in Thailand on November 11, tested positive on November 16 in an alternative state quarantine hotel in Bangkok after it suffered from fever and nausea.

 The other case is a 31-year-old Pakistani man arrived in Thailand on November 16 after taking a connecting flight in Dubai and tested positive in an alternative state quarantine hotel in Samut Prakarn province.

 The total number of confirmed cases in Thailand increased to 3,922 (961 in state quarantine), 90 are in hospital, 3,772 have recovered and been discharged and 60 have died.

 Thai people will get their first jabs of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford by mid-2021 at the earliest, said Dr Nakhon Premsri, director of the National Vaccine Institute (NVI).

 The vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford will be produced locally at the manufacturing plant of Siam Bioscience Group, located in Pathum Thani.

 The Thai government is working with AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford to jointly produce the vaccine at a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant of Siam Bioscience Group near Bangkok. Siam Bioscience Group was selected by the UK-based pharmaceutical firm as its regional partner to produce the vaccine for the Southeast Asian region.

 Dr Nakhon told media on Tuesday he was confident that the British pharmaceutical group AstraZeneca will get vaccine approval soon from the United Kingdom's Food and Drug Administration after the announcement about the vaccine was made early this week.

 Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin yesterday confirmed that some the 11.5 tonnes of white powder seized from a warehouse in Chachoengsao on Nov 12 is trisodium phosphate, not ketamine as previously stated.

 Trisodium phosphate is an inorganic compound used as a cleaning agent, builder (water softener), lubricant, food additive, stain remover and de-greaser.

 The minister blamed preliminary test results of the seized substance using test kits for confusing the drug suppression officials handling the substance, saying as the liquid in the test kits used on the substance turned a purplish colour, the substance was assumed to be ketamine at the time of the Nov 12 warehouse raid.

 But when later tested again in a proper laboratory by the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB), at least 66 sacks of the seized substance were confirmed to be trisodium phosphate, and the rest were being tested again, said the minister.

Political News Headlines in Thai Media

 The leader of We Volunteer (WeVo), a group of volunteers that keeps safety and decorum at anti-government rallies, was arrested on Tuesday by police just 24 hours before a planned large scale rally in front of the Crown Property Bureau.

o Link- https://www.thaienquirer.com/21036/leader-of-protest-guards-arrested-one- day-before-planned-rally/

 Several members of the ruling party said on Wednesday that the current political turmoil is because the students lack any sound, proper guidance.

o Link- https://www.thaienquirer.com/21028/senators-say-political-tensions-can-be- eased-with-military-classes/

 Representatives from pro-monarchy and pro-democracy protestors will be asked to join the parliament’s reconciliation committee, Chuan Leekpai, the House Speaker and former Prime Minister to Thailand, said on Tuesday.

o Link- https://www.thaienquirer.com/21034/government-reconciliation-committee-to- feature-both-royalists-and-pro-democracy-protesters/

 Wirat Rattanaset, a Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) list MP and government chief whip, was selected on Tuesday as the president of the parliament’s committee to oversee charter amendment motions.

o Link- https://www.thaienquirer.com/21027/ruling-party-mp-appointed-to-head- constitutional-drafting-assembly/

 The unprecedented waves of protests over the past few months have rocked Thailand’s national consciousness. The protesters’ demands to “Resign, Rewrite, Reform” – for

Prayut to resign; for the constitution to be rewritten; and for the monarchy to be reformed – left the government with the difficult choice of weighing how to respond.

o Link- https://www.thaienquirer.com/21008/is-the-thai-government-really-abiding-by- international-standards/

 On November 23, Joshua Wong pled guilty to organizing and inciting an unauthorized assembly near the police headquarters in Hong Kong’s 2019 pro-democracy protests. He is remanded in custody, awaiting a December 2nd sentence that could see him and two other activists facing up to three years in jail.

o Link- https://www.thaienquirer.com/21011/why-thais-stand-with-joshua-wong/

 Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin has admitted that the chemical seized in what was initially billed as the biggest drugs haul in Thailand’s history is not ketamine, but a harmless cleaning agent.

o Link- https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30398505?utm_source=category&utm_mediu m=internal_referral

 Police had to intervene to prevent a conflict between yellow shirts and supporters of former Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit on Tuesday morning.

o Link- https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30398496?utm_source=category&utm_mediu m=internal_referral

 Progressive Movement co-founder Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit on Tuesday reported to Bangkok police to hear charges filed by the Election Commission over his alleged media shareholding.

o Link- https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2024751/thanathorn-reports-to- police-to-hear-charges-filed-by-ec

Economic News Headlines in Thai Media

 The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index rose by 10.12 points, or 0.71 per cent, to 1,430.55 during morning trading on Tuesday as the market responded to buoyant news about the coronavirus vaccine.

o Link- https://www.thaienquirer.com/21024/set-buoyed-by-more-positive-vaccine- news/

 Petrochemical firm IRPC’s board of directors will on Tuesday consider funding for the Ultra Clean Fuel (UFC) project, which aims to bring the quality of oil produced by IRPC up to Euro 5 emissions standards.

o Link- https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30398501?utm_source=category&utm_mediu m=internal_referral

 The Thai currency is likely to move between 30.25 and 30.45, said Jitipol Puksamatanan, senior director of the chief investment office at SCB Securities.

o Link- https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30398486?utm_source=category&utm_mediu m=internal_referral

 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Indorama Ventures (IVL) Plc have signed a $100-million (Bt3.04 billion) financing package to reduce the environmental impact of plastic by boosting the capacity of IVL’s plastic recycling plants in Thailand, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines.

o Link- https://www.nationthailand.com/business/30398517?utm_source=category&utm_me dium=internal_referral

 Bangkok Dusit Medical Services Plc (BDMS) on November 19 decided to dispose all its ordinary shares in Bumrungrad Hospital (BH) worth around Bt18.613 billion.

o Link- https://www.nationthailand.com/business/30398507?utm_source=category&utm_me dium=internal_referral

 The Public Debt Management Office (PDMO) has been asked to consider seeking external loans to diversify lending sources amid higher demand from the private sector amid the Covid-19 crisis, says the Finance Ministry.

o Link- https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/2024799/arkhom-urges-external-loan- sources

 Economists have slashed their 2020 outlook for the Philippines by more than any other Southeast Asian nation as it struggles with one of the region’s worst coronavirus outbreaks.

o Link- https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/2024619/philippines-thailand- outlooks-hit-hardest-by-virus-in-se-asia

Issues to be watched out for

 November 25, 2020 – Pro-democracy protesters plan to rally outside the Crown Property Bureau to reclaim public assets protest leaders said were transferred to HM the King by the government.

 November 26-27, 2020 – The Thai Chamber of Commerce plans the 38th annual meeting of the nationwide chambers of commerce to design a “white cover” book to present to Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha.

 December 2020 – The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI)’s “Faster Payment” scheme to increase liquidity for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) during the pandemic is set to end.

 December 2, 2020 – The Constitutional Court is set to rule on the status of Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha PM for his prolonged stay in an army house since retirement.

 December 20, 2020 – Tentative date for elections of Provincial Administrative Organizations (PAOs) in 76 provinces.

 December 30, 2020 – The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) for 3,500 products from the 119 designated beneficiary countries and territories are set to end.

 February, 2020 – A law amendment bill that allows women with pregnancies of not more than 12 weeks to get an abortion is to take effect.

 February 28, 2021 – Tentative date for municipality elections and the election of tambon administrative organizations (TAOs).

 April, 2021 – The central bank plans to officially implement the new rule on the rate of penalty imposed on loan defaulters in a bid to ease borrowers’ burdens and motivate them to repay their debts.

Key Data

SET Index 1,401.63 -18.80

 Link - https://www.set.or.th/en/company/ipo/upcoming_ipo_set.html

Global Commodities

 Metal -Link http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/commodities/futures/metals/

 Energy -Link - http://www.bloomberg.com/energy/

 Baltic Dry Index (BDI)-Link - http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/BDIY:IND

Global Equity Market’s Movements

 Link - http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks/world-indexes/asia-pacific/

Asian Equity Markets Movement

 Link - http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks/world-indexes/

Information on November 24, 2020

Buying, Selling or Transfer of shares by Owners/Management

Stock Code Volume Value Action

AIMCG 25,300 5.88 Purchase AIMIRT 9,400 13.1 Purchase AIMIRT 12,000 13.1 Purchase ALT 12,625,000 0.1 Sale ALT 12,625,000 0.1 Sale ADB 100,000 0.89 Purchase BCPG 20,000 14.45 Sale BOFFICE 39,400 10.4 Purchase

BOFFICE 100,000 10.4 Purchase BTS 200,000 0.26 Sale BTS 300,000 0.26 Sale

K 1,284,000 0.76 Sale CHG 200,000 2.66 Sale DHOUSE 500,000 0.59 Purchase EP 346,700 4.73 Sale GREEN 50,000 1.1 Purchase ILM 200,000 14.06 Purchase JCK 50,000 1.49 Purchase JCK 53,800 1.46 Purchase MTC 19,900 55.25 Sale MTC 60,000 54.5 Purchase NCAP 400,000 5.05 Sale PORT 100,000 3 Sale STGT 1,000 72 Purchase STI 40,000 6.78 Purchase TFI 1,170,000 0.17 Purchase TSTE 500 6.9 Purchase TTI 300 17.5 Purchase TTI 1,300 17.6 Purchase TPS 175,500 2.38 Purchase TK 893,900 7.75 Purchase THG 12,000 19.9 Purchase THG 102,600 20 Purchase THG 37,400 20.1 Purchase THG 38,000 20.2 Purchase THG 178,500 20.3 Purchase THG 281,500 20.4 Purchase THG 35,900 20.4 Purchase THG 120,100 20.5 Purchase THG 215,600 20.6 Purchase THG 137,500 20.7 Purchase THG 10,900 20.8 Purchase THG 180,000 20.9 Purchase THG 1,000 20.8 Purchase THG 101,900 21 Purchase THG 240,100 21.1 Purchase THG 207,000 21.2 Purchase THG 150,000 21.3 Purchase TTA 800,000 3.73 Purchase TQM 10,000 114 Purchase UAC 19,400 3.9 Purchase

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Trading Breakdown on the Stock Exchange of Thailand

Daily as of 24 Nov 2020 Unit: M.Baht Investor Type Buy Sell Net Value % Value % Value % Local Institutions 5,644.27 5.49 9,653.01 9.39 -4,008.74 - Proprietary 12,138.97 11.8 12,037.85 11.71 101.13 - Trading Foreign Investors 40,269.99 39.16 39,876.52 38.78 393.47 - Local Individuals 44,784.65 43.55 41,270.51 40.13 3,514.14 - Monthly Cumulative between 1 - 24 Nov 2020 Unit: M.Baht Investor Type Buy Sell Net Value % Value % Value % Local Institutions 138,846.11 9.49 141,448.53 9.67 -2,602.42 - Proprietary 173,635.29 11.87 162,481.94 11.11 11,153.35 - Trading Foreign Investors 580,576.81 39.7 546,256.88 37.35 34,319.94 - Local Individuals 569,396.11 38.93 612,266.98 41.87 -42,870.87 - Yearly Cumulative since 1 Jan - 24 Nov 2020 Unit: M.Baht Investor Type Buy Sell Net Value % Value % Value % Local Institutions 1,497,081.10 10.62 1,444,626.22 10.25 52,454.89 - Proprietary 1,511,989.26 10.73 1,496,633.70 10.62 15,355.56 - Trading Foreign Investors 5,027,874.19 35.67 5,293,104.47 37.55 - - 265,230.28 Local Individuals 6,058,464.70 42.98 5,861,044.87 41.58 197,419.83 -

Total Trading Value 102,837.88 Million Baht

Background Information –

The strength of each party in the Thai Parliament as of May 8, 2019 as per the report by the Election Commission of Thailand. Elections took place on March 24, 2019

 https://www.ect.go.th/ect_th/news_all.php?cid=24

 List of MPs - https://www.ect.go.th/ect_th/download/article/article_20190508184334.pdf

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