Securities Trading in 1998 and December 1998

Bangkok--Jan 15--SET The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has released figures on securities trading in 1998 and for the month of December 1998. 1.Market Summary in 1998 Turnover volume for 1998 totaled 70,835.95 million shares. Turnover value for 1998 totaled Bt855.17 billion and the average daily turnover totaled Bt3.50 billion. The SET Index closed at 355.81 on 30 December 1998, a drop of 16.88 points, or 4.53 per cent from the close of 372.69 at the end of 1997. The SET Index reached a high of 558.92 on 3 February 1998 and a low of 207.31 on 4 September 1998. Bangkok Bank topped the list of the ten most actively traded stocks with a turnover of Bt48.56 billion. Securities One (S-ONE : Broker No. 13) was the most active of the SET s members in 1998 with a trading turnover of Bt 173 billion. For securities classified by types of investors groups in 1998, the most active group was individual investor. Second and third were foreign investors and institutional investors respectively. Market Statistics 1998 1997 Total Turnover - Volume (Mil. Shares) 70,835.95 29,902.35 - Value (Mil. Baht) 855,168.94 929,597.70 - Daily Average Turnover Value (Mil.Baht) 3,504.79 3,763.55 Total Capitalization - Market Value (Mil.Baht) 1,268,199 1,112,766 Market Statistics SET Index 355.81 372.69 - Highest 558.92 (3 Feb) 558.97 (22 Jan) - Lowest 207.31 (4 Sep) 357.13 (26 Dec) SET 50 INDEX 25.68 25.31 Trading on the SET s trading boards in 1998 Items Total Value (Mil. Baht) Main Board 658,815.47 Big Lot 30,611.76 Odd Lot 17.40 Foreign Board 165,971.51 Total 855,416.14 The Ten Most Active Stocks in 1998 Turnover Value % of Total (Mil. Baht) Turnover 1. Bangkok Bank (BBL) 48,562.21 11.81 2. Krung Thai Bank (KTB) 41,858.08 10.81 3. National Finance (NATSEC) 39,062.21 9.50 4. Thai Farmers Bank (TFB) 37,561.62 9.14 5. Securities One (S-ONE) 35,039.17 8.52 6. The Industrial Finance Corporation of Thailand (IFCT) 24,331.73 5.92 7. Bank of Ayudhya (BAY) 21,270.31 5.17 8.Warrants Securities One(S-ONE-W3) 21,261.29 5.17 9. Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) 17,677.95 4.30 10. Thai Military Bank (TMB) 14,740.97 3.59 Note: Transactions on Main Board only The Ten Most Active SET Members in 1998 Turnover Value % of Total (Mil. Baht) Turnover 1. Securities One (S-ONE) 173,107.55 10.12 2. ABN AMRO Asia (AST) 169,391.15 9.90 3. Merrill Lynch Phatra Securities (MLP) 110,893.62 6.48 4. Nava Vickers Ballas Securities (NVS) 104,176.20 6.09 5. Jardine Fleming Thanakom (JFT) 98,652.83 5.77 6. Capital Nomura Securities (CNS) 85,397.70 4.99 7. Seamico Securities (Z-MICO) 74,874.34 4.38 8. Tisco Securities (TISCO) 71,460.62 4.18 9. Nithipat (NICS) 70,221.56 4.11 10. Krungthai Thanakit (KTT) 67,734.58 3.96 Securities trading by investor Group in 1998 ______________________________________________________________________________________________ | Foreign | Local | | | |_____________________________________________ | Total | | | Institutions | Individual | Turnover Value | |_________________________|__________________|___________________________|____________________| | Total % | Total % | Total % | (Mil. Baht) | |Buy 311,131.38 36.38 | 46,587.50 5.45 | 497,450.06 58.17 | 855,168.94 | |Sell 280,904.76 32.85 | 49,826.78 5.83 | 524,437.40 61.33 | 855,168.94 | |_________________________|__________________|___________________________|____________________| 2. Market Summary in December 1998 Turnover volume for 1998 totaled 5,161.19 million shares with turnover value totaled Bt70.92 billion. The SET Index closed at 355.81 on 30 December 1998, a drop of 7.01 points from the close at the end of November 1997. Krung Thai Bank topped the list of the ten most actively traded stocks with a turnover of Bt4.67 billion. Securities One (S-ONE : Broker No.13) was the most active of the SET s members in December 1998 with a trading turnover of Bt 17.09 billion. The total trading value in December 1998 was Bt70.92 billion. For securities trading by investor groups in December 1998, the most active group was individual investor. Second and third were foreign investors and institutional investors respectively. Trading on the SET s trading boards Items Total Value (Mil. Baht) Main Board 55,438.64 Big Lot 2,433.23 Odd Lot 1.27 Foreign Board 13,045.66 Total 70,918.80 The Ten Most Active Stocks in December 1998 Turnover Value % of Total (Mil. Baht) Turnover 1. Krung Thai Bank (KTB) 4,667.31 10.69 2. Bangkok Bank (BBL) 3,967.26 9.08 3. National Finance (NATSEC) 3,950.03 9.04 4. Bank of Ayudhya (BAY) 3,389.89 7.76 5. Thai Farmers Bank (TFB) 3,035.22 6.95 6. Securities One (S-ONE) 2,590.91 5.93 7. Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) 2,513.01 5.75 8.Warrants Securities One (S-ONE-W3) 2,490.31 5.70 9. Bank of Asia (BOA) 2,444.48 5.60 10. Kiatnakin (KK) 2,379.58 5.45 Note: Transactions on Main Board only The Ten Most Active SET Members in December 1998 Turnover Value % of Total (Mil.Baht) Turnover 1. Securities One (S-ONE) 17.086 23.94 2. ABN AMRO Asia (AST) 14,253.89 20.10 3.Merrill Lynch Phatra Securities (MLP) 8,387.78 11.83 4.Kiatnakin (KK) 8,270.26 11.66 5.Nava Vickers Ballas Securities (NVS) 7,438.80 10.49 6.Jardine Fleming Thanakom (JFT) 7,311.86 10.31 7.Capital Nomura Securities (CNS) 6,777.61 9.27 8.Seamico Securities (Z-MICO) 6,657.73 9.08 9.Tisco Securities (TISCO) 6,326.22 8.92 10. Nithipat (NICS) 6,236.05 8.51 Securities trading by investor Group in December 1998 Foreign Local Total Institutions Individual Turnover Value Total % Total % Total % (Mil. Baht) Buy 20,884.38 29.45 4,343.07 6.12 45,418.85 65.19 70,918.80 Sell 21,476.29 30.28 2,939.18 4.14 46,230.90 64.04 70,918.80 For further information, please contact the Investor Relations and Communications Department Ladawan/Kulvida/Rungthip Tel.229-2036/29-2046 http://www.set.or.th End.

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