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Annual Report
2015
28,333
(62%)
9,206
(20%)
10,942
(22%)
4,293
(9%)
6,346
(13%)
3,982
(9%)
3,946
(9%)
26,232
(59%)
9,834
(22%)
4,159
(9%)
4,077
(9%)
50,329
45,466
44,302
28,748
(57%)
2013
2014
2015
Foreign investors
Local institutions
Proprietary trading
Local investors
Net position of SET and mai in 2015 by investor type (unit: THB million)
Source: SETSMART
Local retail investors were the most active segment in
2015. The average daily trading value by retail investors was
at THB 26.2 billion (USD 727 million) or about 59.21 percent
of total trading value, 62.32 percent lower than last year. Foreign
investor’s average daily trading value increased to THB 9.8 billion
(USD 272 million) or 22.20 percent of total trading value, up by
6.82 percent from the previous year. The daily trading value by
local institutions averaged at THB 4.2 billion (USD 115 million),
accounted for 9.39 percent of total trading value. Furthermore, the
average daily trading value by proprietary traders totaled THB 4.1
billion (USD 113 million) or 9.20 percent of the total trading value.
Local institutions and local retail investors were the major net
buyers in the Thai stockmarkets in 2015. In 2015, local institutions,
local investors and proprietary traders bought a net THB 82.1 billion
(USD 2.3 billion), THB 79.9 billion (USD 2.2 billion) and THB 6.4
billion (USD177million) respectively. Nonetheless, foreign investors
sold a net THB 155.6 billion (USD 4.3 billion).
The number of trading accounts and trading value per
account reached record high. The number of trading accounts
at the end of 2015 amounted to 1,244,907 accounts, up by
13.30 percent from the end of 2014. Of these, the number
of active accounts was 23.0 percent of total trading accounts,
Trading value combined SET and mai by investor type
(units: THB million per day, percent)
Source: SETSMART
-37,515
-35,696
-1,743
107,102
82,133
69,610
3,601
6,398
88,843
79,896
-194,702
-155,631
2013 2014 2015
Local investors
Foreign investors
Local institutions
Proprietary trading
while trading value per account in 2015 was THB 2.86 million,
partly due to SET’s activities to enhance quality investors
via collaboration with alliances including Thai Financial
Planners Association (TFPA), Investment Analysts Association
(IAA) and with 27 leading securities firms, to jointly organize