Bangkok--11 Feb--SET
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) will hold its quarterly "Opportunity Day" (OppDay) for top management of listed companies to meet directly with analysts and investors during February 17 - March 28, 2014. This event will spotlight 124 firms, the highest number of companies joining ever, with a combined market capitalization of THB 4.39 trillion (approx. USD 134 billion).
"OppDay draws continuous interest from investors, analysts and the interested public. In this OppDay series, the confirmed companies (as of Feb 7) consist of 100 SET-listed and 24 mai-listed firms. To cope with increasing demand, SET will increase more daily presentations from 5 companies to 7 companies, increasing its capacity of 55 companies, or 160 firms throughout the quarter," said SET Executive Vice President Chanitr Charnchainarong. “This year there will be more participating companies than ever before. There will also be two more sectors, which are Finance and Securities (FIN) and Commerce (COMM), on top of the existing five sectors, namely Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Energy and Utilities (ENERG), Petrochemicals and Chemicals (PETRO), Property Development (PROP), and mai listings, in cooperation with Maybank Kim Eng Securities (Thailand) pcl, Finansia Syrus Securities pcl, and KKTRADE Securities Co., Ltd. for analysis process. Investors will get insights into updated company situations for their decision-making, which is particularly useful since the current domestic situation is volatile. For OppDay activities in the provinces, SET, in cooperation with Asset Pro Management Co., Ltd. will conduct four similar sessions nationwide,” Chanitr added. OppDay is organized quarterly at SET headquarters, Bangkok and webcast live to all investor groups throughout Thailand and 96 other countries, particularly the top five countries with largest numbers of viewers namely the United States, China, Australia, Singapore, and Japan. To view OppDay, please visit www.set.or.th/oppday and www.settrade.com/oppday, via smart phones and tablets (iPhone, iPod, iPad, Blackberry) or download application OppDay on iOS and Andriod.OppDay makes it convenient for analysts, investors, and the media to find out about the plans and operations of listed companies and for firms to communicate with these key audiences. SET schedules such events after every periodic disclosure of financial statements. Throughout 2013, OppDay attracted more than 245,000 audiences, up 72 percent from the preceding year, with 70,000 users downloading OppDay application, up 1.5 times. SET Group: “Matching Your Right Financial Opportunities”
For more information, please visit www.set.or.th
Members of the media should contact the Public Relations Unit, Corporate Communications Dept.:
Kanokwan Khemmalai, tel: +66 (0) 2229 2048 / Arada Kultawanich, tel: +66 (0) 222 2796