An investor monitors an electronic board at a private trading floor in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2006. Thai stocks plummeted nearly 9 percent Tuesday after the central bank announced rules to discourage foreign inflows late Monday in an attempt to stem the baht’s surge. The Stock Exchange of Thailand’s benchmark SET Index declined 63.65 points, or 8.7 percent, to a five-month low of 666.9 in midday trading. The hardest hit sectors were banking and oil and gas. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
