THE first round of gold prices announced at 9.35 a.m. this morning (16.4.2020) saw a big jump of 200 baht in the local market, Sanook.com reported while also asking its readers whether they had got their profit yet. Buying price of one baht weight ornament gold was fixed at 25,529.00 baht while selling price 26,700.00.
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