Thai bourse discloses SET indices semi-annual review results for the second half of 2015.

Thursday 18 June 2015 09:54
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) announces the semi-annual index review results for the SET50, SET100 and SETHD indices to be used in the second half of 2015 (July 1 - December 31). There will be seven additions to SET50 index, 13 additions to SET100 index and four additions to SETHD index.

This constituents selection for SET50 index and SET100 index follows the modified criteria set up to consider trading volume of each individual stock in addition to market capitalization, free float and its trading value so as to ensure that constituents in the indices have liquidity and investability.

SET50 Index (SET50): seven companies to be added as index constituents are Bangkok Airways pcl (BA), Bangkok Metro pcl (BMCL), Carabao Group pcl (CBG), Italian-Thai Development pcl (ITD), Srisawad Power 1979 pcl (SAWAD), TPI Polene pcl (TPIPL) and WHA Corporation pcl (WHA), resulting in a combined market capitalization of the SET50 index worth THB 9.33 trillion, accounting for 67 percent of the total SET’s market capitalization (as of May 29, 2015).

SET100 Index (SET100): There will be 13 additions to the index, namely Asia Plus Group Holdings Securities pcl (ASP), Bangkok Airways pcl (BA), Beauty Community pcl (BEAUTY), Carabao Group pcl (CBG), CK Power pcl (CKP), LH Financial Group pcl (LHBANK), Mono Technology pcl (MONO), RS pcl (RS), Singha Estate pcl (S), Sappe pcl (SAPPE), U City pcl (U), Unique Engineering and Construction pcl (UNIQ) and WHA Corporation pcl (WHA), resulting in a combined market capitalization of the SET100 index worth THB 10.38 trillion, accounting for 74 percent of the total SET’s market capitalization (as of May 29, 2015).

SET High Dividend 30 Index (SETHD): four companies will be added to the index, consisting of Asia Plus Group Holdings Securities pcl (ASP), Charoen Pokphand Foods pcl (CPF), Hana Microelectronics pcl (HANA) and Pruksa Real Estate pcl (PS), resulting in an average dividend yield of the SET HD of 4.12 percent, higher than SET’s average dividend yield of 2.60 percent (between March and May 2015).

For more details on the constituents, selection criteria and index methodology, please visit www.set.or.th/set50 and www.set.or.th/SETHD.