Stock Exchange of Thailand nods for direct trading orders via internet.

(From Thai Press Reports)

Section: Stocks - The Stock Exchange of Thailand's Board of Governors approved the acceptance of trading orders sent by investors themselves via the Internet, effective in April. SET President Kittiratt Na-Ranong said the new procedure might be executed at or outside the brokers' offices. Once the direct Internet trading was implemented, he said, sending trading orders through remote terminals or any other similar systems would be terminated. The measures overseeing the self-execution system plus the complementary order screening system would also begin operation in April. The current Internet technology is as effective as the remote …