Key highlights
Securities
- SET Index closed at 1,581.25 points at the end of January, up 5.58 percent from the end of 2014.
- At the end of January, The combined market capitalization of SET and mai increased from a month earlier: the SET’s was THB 14.71 trillion, up 6.16 percent, while mai’s was THB 403.99 billion, up 5.46 percent.
- The forward P/E ratio of SET was 15.12 times, while mai’s was 21.11 times.
- The dividend yield of SET was 2.89 percent, while mai’s was 0.66 percent.
- In January, the combined average trading value of SET and mai was THB 55.29 billion.
- The foreign investors were net sellers of equity market, worth THB 5.31 billion, and were also net sellers of bond market at THB 16.6 billion.
- Listed companies on SET and mai raised funds through equity worth a combined THB 6.99 billion, up 4.47 percent from a year earlier. In the primary market, THB 4.74 billion was raised from initial public offerings (IPOs) of two companies on mai and a real estate investment trust, while THB 2.25 billion was raised from the secondary market.
Derivatives
- In January, derivatives trading volume was 183,596 contracts, down 33 percent from a month earlier, mostly due to drops in SET50 index Futures and Single Stock Futures.
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