Thai bourse announces SET indices semi-annual review results to be used in second half of 2017

Friday 16 June 2017 18:08
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) today announces the semi-annual index review results for the SET50, SET100, SETHD and sSET indices to be used in the second half of 2017 (July 1 - Dec 31). There will be 7 additions to SET50 Index, 13 additions to SET100 Index , 4 additions to SETHD Index and 29 additions to sSET Index.

SET50 Index (SET50) : 7 companies to be added as index constituents are Berli Jucker pcl (BJC), Banpu Power pcl (BPP), Energy Absolute pcl (EA), Muangthai Leasing pcl (MTLS), Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding pcl (RATCH), Siam City Cement pcl (SCCC) and Tisco Financial Group pcl (TISCO). Total market capitalization of the SET50 Index is approximately THB 10 trillion or 65 percent of the total SET's market capitalization as of May 2017.

SET100 Index (SET100) : 13 companies to be added as index constituents are Ananda Development pcl (ANAN), BCPG pcl (BCPG), Berli Jucker pcl (BJC), Banpu Power pcl (BPP), Energy Absolute pcl (EA), GFPT pcl (GFPT), Malee Group pcl (MALEE), Mega Lifesciences pcl (MEGA), Mono Technology pcl (MONO), Polyplex (Thailand) pcl (PTL), Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding pcl (RATCH), Siam City Cement pcl (SCCC) and Workpoint Entertainment pcl (WORK). Total market capitalization of the SET100 Index is approximately THB 12 trillion or 75 percent of the total SET's market capitalization as of May 2017.

SET High Dividend 30 Index (SETHD) : 4 companies to be added as index constituents areAnanda Development pcl (ANAN), Kasikornbank pcl (KBANK), LH Financial Group pcl (LHBANK) and Robinson pcl (ROBINS). SETHD's dividend yield of 4.29 percent, higher than SET's dividend yield of 3.11 percent as of May 2017.

Total constituents of sSET Index (sSET) will be 118 compared to 102 in the previous review. Total market capitalization of the sSET Index is approximately THB 800,000 million or 5 percent of the total SET's market capitalization as of May 2017.

For more details on the constituents, selection criteria and index methodology, please visitwww.set.or.th