Bangkok--Dec 17--SET
Executive Vice President of The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Mr.
Suthichai Chitvanich disclosed that, starting from January 1, 2005, the SET will
adjust the list of securities to be included in the SET50 Index calculation for
1H/2005, or from Jan. 1 — Jun. 30, 2005. The SET has selected eligible securities
based on their market capitalization and trading liquidity data collected between
December 1, 2003 — November 30, 2004.
Eligible securities must be in the top 150 securities with the highest
market capitalization values (calculated from over the past 12 months). Also,
they must have had monthly trading values on the main board that exceed 50 percent
of the total market average for that month for at least three-quarters of the
trading-month period under consideration. Finally, they must not have been
suspended for an extended period of time, nor subject to delisting.
“There will be 5 securities added into the SET50 calculation of for
Jan. 1 — June 30, 2005. They are the Siam City Bank Pcl. (SCIB), Asia Plus
Securities Pcl. (ASP), National Petrochemical Pcl. (NPC), Airports of Thailand
Pcl. (AOT), and Nakornthai Strip Mill Pcl. (NSM).
“There will be an additional 3 securities added to the replacement list
as well. They are Regional Container Lines Pcl. (RCL), Bumrungrad Hospital Pcl.
(BH), and Samart Corporation Pcl. (SAMRT),” the SET EVP said.
The 50 securities to be included in the SET50 Index calculation for the
period Jan. 1 — Jun. 30, 2005. are as follows:
No. Sector Securities Name
Industry Group: Financials
1 Banking BANK OF AYUDHYA PCL. BAY
2 BANGKOK BANK PCL. BBL
3 KASIKORNBANK PCL. KBANK
4 KRUNG THAI BANK PCL. KTB
5 THE SIAM COMMERCIAL BANK PCL. SCB
6 SIAM CITY BANK PCL.* SCIB
7 THE THAI MILITARY BANK PCL. TMB
8 Finance and Securities ASIA PLUS SECURITIES PCL. * ASP
9 KIM ENG SECURITIES (THAILAND) PCL. KEST
10 KGI SECURITIES (THAILAND) PCL. KGI
11 KIATNAKIN FINANCE PCL. KK
12 NATIONAL FINANCE PCL. NFS
13 TISCO FINANCE PCL. TISCO
Industry Group: Industrials
14 Petrochemicals & Chemicals THE AROMATICS (THAILAND) PCL. ATC
15 NATIONAL PETROCHEMICAL PCL.* NPC
16 THAI OLEFINS PCL. TOC
17 THAI PLASTIC AND CHEMICALS PCL. TPC
18 VINYTHAI PCL. VNT
Industry Group: Property & Construction
19 Construction Materials MILLENNIUM STEEL PCL. MS
20 THE SIAM CEMENT PCL. SCC
21 SIAM CITY CEMENT PCL. SCCC
22 SAHAVIRIYA STEEL INDUSTRIES PCL. SSI
23 TPI POLENE PCL. TPIPL
24 VANACHAI GROUP PCL. VNG
25 Property Development ASIAN PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT PCL. AP
26 CH.KARNCHANG PCL. CK
27 ITALIAN-THAI DEVELOPMENT PCL. ITD
28 LAND AND HOUSES PCL. LH
29 SINO-THAI ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION PCL.. STEC
Industry Group: Resources
30 Energy & Utilities BANPU PCL. BANPU
31 ELECTRICITY GENERATING PCL. EGCOMP
32 PTT PCL. PTT
33 PTT EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION PCL. PTTEP
34 RATCHABURI ELECTRICITY GENERATING HOLDING PCL.. RATCH
Industry Group: Services
35 Entertainment and Recreation BEC WORLD PCL. BEC
36 ITV PCL. ITV
37 UNITED BROADCASTING CORPORATION PCL. UBC
38 Transportation & Logistics AIRPORTS OF THAILAND PCL.* AOT
39 BANGKOK EXPRESSWAY PCL. BECL
40 PRECIOUS SHIPPING PCL. PSL
41 THAI AIRWAYS INTERNATIONAL PCL. THAI
42 THORESEN THAI AGENCIES PCL. TTA
Industry Group: Technology
43 Communication ADVANCED INFO SERVICE PCL. ADVANC
44 SHIN SATELLITE PCL. SATTEL
45 SHIN CORPORATION PCL. SHIN
46 TT&T PCL. TT&T
47 UNITED COMMUNICATION INDUSTRY PCL. UCOM
48 TRUE CORPORATION PCL. True
49 Electronic Components HANA MICROELECTRONICS PCL. HANA
50 Companies Under Rehabilitation NAKORNTHAI STRIP MILL PCL.* NSM
Replacement list
No. Sector Securities Name
R1 Transportation & Logistics REGIONAL CONTAINER LINES PCL.* RCL
R2 Commerce LOXLEY PCL. LOXLEY
R3 Health Care Services BUMRUNGRAD HOSPITAL PCL.* BH
R4 Property Development BANGKOK LAND PCL. BLAND
R5 Communication SAMART CORPORATION PCL.* SAMART
Remark: * New securities added for this period
For more information,
please contact the Media Relations Unit,
Corporate Communication Dept.:
Ladawan Kantawong Tel: 0-2229-2036 /
Kulvida Jintakawong Tel: 0-2229-2037/
Nattaporn Boonprapa Tel: 0-2229-2049 End.