Thai foreign reserves down, swaps up, week to June 26

BANGKOK, July 3 (Reuters) - Data from Bank of Thailand: KEY DATA Date FX Reserves Net Fwd Currency Contracts ($ bln) ($ bln; sell baht +, buy -) Jun 26 121.6 +7.9 Jun 19 122.4 +6.5 Jun 12 122.1 +6.4 Jun 5 120.6 +7.2 May 29 121.5 +6.3 May 22 120.5 +6.1 May 15 118.5 +4.4 May 8 118.5 +3.7 May 1 117.0 +3.6 Apr 24 116.9 +3.6 Apr 17 115.7 +4.0 Apr 10 115.7 +4.1 Apr 3 116.7 +4.0 Mar 27 116.4 +3.7 Mar 20 117.0 +3.9 Mar 13 114.2 +3.7 Mar 6 112.9 +3.9 Feb 27 113.3 +3.9 Feb 20 113.7 +4.8 Feb 13 112.9 +5.5 Feb 6 112.3 +5.5 Jan 30 110.7 +6.1 Jan 23 110.1 +6.0 Jan 16 110.8 +6.2 Jan 9 111.2 +6.3 Dec 31 111.0 +7.0 Dec 26 110.9 +6.9 Dec 19 111.2 +6.6 Dec 12 107.4 +7.3 Dec 5 105.8 +6.7 CONTEXT * Thai reserves has been rising since March on trade surplus, FX inflows * BoT's net forward swap contracts to sell baht have risen since March as the central bank has intervened in the market to try to slow the currency's gains against the dollar. LINKS For details, see Bank of Thailand website: http://www.bot.or.th/Thai/EconomicConditions/Thai/Documents/E260609.pdf Baht and Asian currency market report ($1 = 34.11 baht) (Reporting by Boontiwa Wichakul) ((vithoon.amorn.reuters.com; Reuters Messaging: [e-mail]; 662-6489737)) Keywords: THAILAND ECONOMY/RESERVES (If you have a query or comment on this story, send an email to [e-mail]) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved.

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