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21 May 2024 | 20:18:11 GMT+7
THAILAND
21 May 2024
Emergency landing at Suvarnabhumi: Turbulence on flight kills 1
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21 May 2024
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21 May 2024
Luxury yacht levelled by fire in Phuket
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21 May 2024
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21 May 2024
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21 May 2024
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EXCHANGE
WEATHER
SET
GOLD
Currency/Baht
Buy (Baht)
Sell (Baht)
USD
35.846
36.1704
GBP
45.327
46.1752
EUR
38.7809
39.5174
JPY
22.7911
23.4755
HKD
4.5763
4.6613
CNY
4.913
5.0521
Source: Bank of Thailand (21 May 2024)
BANGKOK
Rain
27°
/
34°
CHIANG MAI
Clouds
32°
/
33°
PATTAYA
Rain
29°
/
32°
SURAT THANI
Rain
25°
/
29°
PHUKET
Rain
26°
/
26°
KANCHANABURI
Rain
27°
/
27°
Source: openweathermap.org (21 May 2024)
SET
1,370.83
-7.87
SET50
844.77
-6.09
SET50FF
842.19
-4.79
SET100
1,864.02
-13.64
SET100FF
1,858.59
-10.97
sSET
875.09
+0.22
SETCLMV
827.28
-5.48
Source: settrade.com (21 May 2024)
Buy (Baht)
Sell (Baht)
GOLD
(1 BAHT WEIGHT, 96.5%)
Buy (Baht)
41,400.00
Sell (Baht)
41,500.00
ORNAMENT
(1 BAHT WEIGHT, 96.5%)
Buy (Baht)
40,659.12
Sell (Baht)
42,000.00
Source: GoldTraders (21 May 2024)
Date: 21 May 2024
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Tomorrow
46.14
46.14
31.94
31.94
49.84
49.84
36.19
36.19
Type
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Tomorrow
38.18
38.18
38.55
38.55
Effective and projected prices as at 17 May 2024, 05:00 AM
Historical Retail Oil Prices
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