Economic ministers told to closely monitor eurozone

 Prior to the Cabinet's meeting today, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra expressed her concerns to her deputy Kittiratt Na-Ranong and other economic ministers. She asked them to discuss the issues at the weekly meetings of economic ministers.

 As Greece's national elections will take place on June 17 amid a higher chance that the country would opt out from the euro zone, financial markets have witnessed greater volatility. It is anticipated that Greece's exit will dampen liquidity and disrupt global demand. 
 Foreign investors now adopt the risk-off attitude, selling Asian equities which are deemed as risk assets. Today, foreign investors were net-sellers of Thai shares, as their sells outpaced purchases by Bt1.2 billion.
 Without buying pressures from trigger funds, the Stock Exchange of Thailand's index would have closed lower, stock analysts said.
 While other regional bourses declined, the SET index today gained 4.86 points to end the day at 1,162.93 points. Turnover today totalled Bt29 billion.