HALISTER1: INSIDE THAILAND: Baht Slips for Third Day; Foreigners Sell Bonds

INSIDE THAILAND: Baht Slips for Third Day; Foreigners Sell Bonds

(Bloomberg) -- Baht falls vs dollar after overnight slide in oil prices and drop in U.S. Treasury yields amid risk-off tone.
  • Thailand should achieve 2.8% growth in 2016 and 3.0% in 2017, Moody’s writes in note yesterday; GDP will hit 3.0% in 2016 and 3.2% in 2017, according to estimates in Bloomberg surveys
  • Overseas investors sell net THB89.8m ($2.6m) of bonds, TBMA says; net sellers of Thai shares for second time in 3 days
  • Exchange chief expects increase in foreign stock buying
  • Govt may invest 80b baht next year to build a 120-km motorway linking Nakhon Pathom province and Cha-am district
  • Baht declining for third day, down 0.1% at 35.197 per dollar,
    • USD/THB momentum studies turning bullish ahead of resistance near 100-DMA at 35.253; click here for chart
  • Thailand sold THB30b 2022 bonds yesterday with 1.7172% yield; 2.47 bid coverage
  • Yield on 3.85% govt bond due Dec. 2025 steady at 1.920% after falling 2 bps yesterday
  • 5-yr credit-protection costs for Thailand rose yesterday for first time in four days, up 1 bp to 105 bps: CMA data
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