- Thailand's Constitutional Court has ruled that a snap general election in February was invalid, as protests in several parts of the country prevented voting from being completed on the same day.
- Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra had called the ballot in an attempt to quell often violent protests that were aimed at forcing her to resign.
- The court's decision comes two days after the government lifted a state of emergency that had been in place since January as a response to the demonstrations, which were scaled back a couple of weeks ago.
- The turmoil in Thailand has hit the baht and shares, and has threatened the tourism industry.
- Thailand's SET stock index is -0.1%, while the USD-THB is +0.1% at 32.418 baht.
- ETFs: THD, AYT, PGD