During the week BTS released their monthly ridership numbers and my goodness just simply look at this chart, and given that now its still only about 600,000 daily riders (in dec ’12 the avg daily ridership was 533k), the extensions for BTS lines are continuing to come and with more and more people using the […]
Read More →Thailand Mixed response to duty cut plan – While winning support from importers and tourism operators, the Finance Ministry’s plan to axe the import tariffs on some designer goods has drawn strong opposition from many local manufacturers of luxury products. (The Nation, 10/09/13) Start-ups jump 19% in 8 months; closures down – In spite of […]
Read More →BEAUTY 2013 revenue growth of 30% plus — BEAUTY is confident that revenues will grow by more than 30% and profits to grow by 20% as the company pushes to open new branches and launch new products and promotional campaigns to boost sales. (Khao Hoon, 13/09/13) Comment: I do wonder if this will be a […]
Read More →AJP Moved to mai — AJP was moved to the mai market yesterday. The company’s share price surged an astonishing Bt17.57 to close at Bt17.80, a rise of 7,639.13%. In 2010, shares were trading at only Bt1.10/share. In yesterday’s trading, shares were trading the highest and lowest at Bt17.80 and Bt9.85/share, respectively, with a high […]
Read More →Well wasn’t that one quick rebound, if you had closed your eyes for the past 4 weeks then things haven’t changed much in terms of prices. Seems like all European and Asian equities have benefitted since the “reset” last month and with tapering announced next week, the fed isn’t going to do anything until late […]
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 1.1 bn EARTH – Huge purchase of THB 237 mn by the Chairman & CEO GFM – Family transactions IVL – Heinecke, a board member, purchases THB 22mn KKP – A whole bunch of purchases by directors/management NBC – The President buys THB 231 mn PACE – Hmm no comment, purchase […]
Read More →AP 2H13 to be good — AP expects second half performance to be strong and will book revenue of Bt10bn from its backlog of more than Bt30bn. It expects sales in 2H13 to reach Bt13bn. It has raised the number of project launches this year to 28, a total value of Bt32bn. (Khao Hoon, 11/09/13) […]
Read More →Last week the market begun rebounding, however it’s still down 4% YTD, the biggest drag this year is still the agro&food industry with only the tech sector remaining positive.
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 224 mn IECÂ – This is interesting, we’ve heard things are happening at IEC, just not sure what yet. NBC – Continunation of the play on digital TV SVI – K. Poe has essentially exchanged his shares from his offshore holding to under his name Sell(s) THB 16mn N/A
Read More →BGH Starts special promotion — BGH is to launch a “Perfect Diamond Young Fit Club†card targeting customers of over 60 years of age. It is confident that it will grow by 10% and confirms that it will open 10 new hospitals this year. (Khao Hoon, 10/09/13) Comment: A lot of investors have been disappointed […]
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