Новости за 21.01.2021

The newly-formed reconciliation committee, without the opposition and the pro-reform movement, faces a swathe of challenges ahead.

The Finance Ministry plans on assessing economic conditions over the next two months before deciding whether to roll out further stimulus measures.

The government is vowing to speed up finalising solutions as soon as possible for the cancelled Dawei contract.

Thailand's mutual fund industry registered a 6.5% decrease in net asset value to 5 trillion baht last year with net outflows of 280 billion baht, attributed to the effect from the closure of four fixed-income funds of TMBAM Eastspring, according to Morningstar Research Thailand.

Around 1.5 million Thais were estimated to enter into poverty in 2020 due to the pandemic, says the World Bank.

Beacon Venture Capital (Beacon VC), the corporate VC arm of Kasikornbank (KBank), announces Series A investment in Robowealth.

New construction jobs from the construction of high-rise buildings are expected to resume in the second half after the Covid-19 vaccine is distributed, after slowing since 2019 as a result of the sluggish condo market.

The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) has proposed five measures to increase liquidity for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) under the state's 500-billion-baht soft loan programme in a fresh move to relieve the impact of the ongoing outbreak that has caused a drop in the Thailand Industrial Sentiment Index (TISI) for the first time in eight months.

Car manufacturing is expected to increase by 5.12% to 1.5 million units this year from 1.42 million units last year as the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) pins hopes on the state's ability to get the ongoing outbreak under control to bring Thailand back on track towards economic recovery.

National oil and gas conglomerate PTT Plc insists it will not delay the initial public offering (IPO) of its oil retail unit PTT Oil and Retail (OR) despite the weak economy because it is determined to raise funds for non-oil business expansion, which will not be limited to Cafe Amazon coffee shops.

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) is expediting revisions on methods to calculate free-float shares of listed firms to more accurately determine the actual amount of shares available to the public.

If ever there was something that figuratively needed a shot in the arm, it’s the vaccine rollout across Canada and unfortunately due to manufacturer delays, many Canadians will be waiting a while longer until they get their turn. The Star’s Alex Boyd has covering vaccines and joins us to talk about what the holdup is and what other COVID-19 medicines we are waiting for and why.

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Automobile companies drove the markets, with stocks such as Bajaj Auto and Eicher Motors hitting their 52-week highs. Tata Motors has rallied 38.84% in January itself. IT stocks also contributed to the gains. Major gainers on the Nifty were Tata Motors, Adani Ports and SEZ, Wipro, Tech Mahindra and Maruti Suzuki with rise of 6.09%, 4.4%, 3.4%, 2.72% and 2.55%, respectively.