TABLE-Thai Thanachart Capital Q3 net jumps, above forecast

BANGKOK, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Three months to Sept. 30, 2009

(in millions of baht unless stated)

Third quarter

2009 2008
Shr (baht) profit 0.78 vs profit 0.43
Net profit 1,001.55 vs profit 576.23

Nine months

2009 2008
Shr (baht) profit 3.07 vs profit 1.76
Net profit 3,935.78 vs profit 2,352.94

Notes: Results are consolidated and unaudited. Thanachart
Capital TCAP.BK owns 50.9 percent of top car loan lender
Thanachart Bank, of which Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS.TO) holds
another 49 percent.

Four analysts surveyed by Reuters had forecast an average
net profit of 981 million baht ($29.4 million) for the
July-September quarter.
($1=33.40 Baht)
(Reporting by Arada Kultawanich)