Anunual Report 2015

Thai Bourse’s 2015

Performance

In 2015, The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) showed remarkable development regionally,

despite domestic uncertainty and global volatility. The daily trading value of SET and Market for

Alternative Investment (mai) averaged at THB 44.30 billion (USD 1.23 billion), the highest trading

value in ASEAN for three consecutive years. The market capitalization of newly listed companies

on SET and mai was THB 289.32 billion (USD 8.03 billion) from 41 companies, the highest level

among regional stockmarkets for the third consecutive year. Furthermore, the number of investors

grew to 146,176 accounts, especially the online account which continued to grow strongly to

137,693 accounts. The SET Index ended 2015 at 1,288.02 points, down by 14 percent from the end

of 2014, moving in similar direction to other exchanges in the region but providing better return

the the MSCI emerging market figure.

Overview

In 2015, the capital market was affected by domestic

economic slowdownsuchas the lower-than-expectedexport figure,

including such external factors as fear of Chinese economy’s

slow growth; concern about US Federal Reserve rate hike for the

first time in nine years, etc. SET index ended 2015 at 1,288.02

points, down by 14.0 percent from the end of 2014, which

moved accordingly to peers in the same region but provided

better return than MSCI emerging market figure, while both

SET and mai paid dividend yield higher than in 2014. Market

capitalization decreased to THB 12.6 trillion (USD 350 billion),

down by 11.5 percent from the end of 2014 as the SET index

went down. At the end of 2015, there were a total of 1,646

securities listed on SET and 166 securities on mai.

Index and market capitalization of SET and mai

Index and market capitalization of SET

Index and market capitalization of mai

Source: SETSMART

2013

2014

2015

12,000,000

14,000,000

16,000,000

10,000,000

8,000,000

6,000,000

4,000,000

2,000,000

1,450

1,500

1,550

1,400

1,350

1,300

1,250

1,200

1,150

13,856,000

12,283,000

11,497,000

1,298.71

1,497.67

1,288.02

Market

capitalization

(unit:THBmillion)

SET

Index

Market capitalization of SET

SET Index

300,000

350,000

400,000

450,000

250,000

200,000

150,000

100,000

50,000

383,000

323,000

177,000

356.80

700.05

522.62

600

700

800

500

400

300

200

100