AOT maintenance 3.7km west runway of DMK airport for 270 days from Oct 27, 21 till Jul 23, 22, sees no traffic congestion, flights density are manageable. CHAYO in talk to buy bad debts from 5 fin institution total Bt10b, expecting to secure Bt6-8b before end of year. Comment: Because BAM is done, everyone else […]

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AGE revised revenue target this year to Bt12b from Bt11b, on uptrend coal price and booming logistic business, sees record high coal sales at 5.5m tons. Comment: The chinese have tried to smack the coal market with margin requirements, thereby leading the prices to drop ~40% in a week. Now it appears that they’ve cleared […]

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ADD: local fund, BBLAM, raised holding by 1.7053% to 6.5928% on October 29. BANPU divests 47.5% holding in Spain renewable firm, Sunseap, for US$364m vs initial investment at US$173.7b, announced acquisition in 768mw combined cycle gas-fired power plants in Texas, Temple 1, for US$ 430M. Comment: Cap gain to be recognised, combined with coal prices […]

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ADVANC reported 3Q net profit @ Bt6.37b, -2% yoy vs Bt6.54b consensus, subscribers rose to 43.7m, BB topped 1.6m subscribers, ARPU slightly drop from competitive air time package, will start digital lending venture with SCB (AISCB) 1Q22. AS will launch 3 mobile games before end of year, developing virtual reality (VR) games to capture growing […]

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“And Thailand has re-opened! To 60+ countries! Wait where are the tourists, why aren’t they here yet? Ok sell all tourism plays. And let’s go for a drink” That’s the conversation that the market is having. We’re in the midst of earnings season…no surprises yet. There was a pop during the week for the property […]

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AOT reaffirms passenger terminals (East) at Suvarnabhumi with Bt8b budget next year, while North expansion is still pending ICAO’s procurement process. Expects 440 flights during 1st day of reopening today. ARIP will host Commart IT Expo at BITEC on November 25-29, Money Expo in Chiang Mai November 12-14. CPANEL expects to secure building material orders […]

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I’ve referred to Siam Commercial Bank as the Purple Chicken since 2013 when they requested and received from the Bank of Thailand the right to expand the single lender limit from 25% to 60% to assist CP Group in the financing for their acquisition of MAKRO. Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/352709/bbl-ktb-agree-loans-for-cp-makro-deal A few weeks ago SCB decided to […]

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