Banks are always the first to announce their financial performances and here are some quick thoughts: Just look @ BAY’s performance, followed by its corresponding stock price performance, it has just been amazing. The larger banks in general are still continuing to grow, NPL management has been proactive, especially at KBANK. The smaller institutions […]
Read More →The SET has announced the semi-annual index review results for the SET50, SET100 & SETHD indices to be effective the first half of 2015 (Jan 1 – Jun 30). SET50 Index (SET50): 4 ADDED: CK, HEMRAJ, KTIS & SPALI 4 DELETED: BLA, GLOBAL, KKP & THCOM SET100 Index (SET100): 10 ADDED: ANAN, DEMCO, HANA, ICHI, […]
Read More →AAV Thai AirAsia X eyes broad expansion – An aggressive expansion appears on the horizon for Thai AirAsia X (TAAX) with the addition of five wide-body jets and expanded coverage over Japan next year. On the radar screen for Thailand’s first long-haul low-cost carrier are services to four Japanese airports – Haneda (Tokyo), Nagoya, Fukuoka […]
Read More →AOT AoT denies plan to buy govt bonds – AoT denied yesterday it is planning to spend its surplus liquidity on government bonds to help the administration raise funds to pay farmers under the rice-pledging scheme. (Bangkok Post, 19/02/14) Comment: Rumours rumours all around which government agency is going to help supply funds. We highly […]
Read More →The clever folks at Thanachart Securities put this out during the week as the changes in the SET50 and SET 100 are expected in the 2nd week of December ’13. Basically new additions in the SET 50 include VGI & THCOM replacing KKP & MAKRO, and for the SET100 +BMCL, CHG, ERW, N-PARK, TFD, TICON, […]
Read More →The Thai Market had a good bounce last week with the US govt shutdown finally over. 3Q13 numbers will be what most people are focusing on for the next 4 weeks and with banks mostly showing continued growth, the smaller financials (i.e. tisco and kkp) are disappointing. Also with prop traders having done most of […]
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 1.1 bn EARTH – Huge purchase of THB 237 mn by the Chairman & CEO GFM – Family transactions IVL – Heinecke, a board member, purchases THB 22mn KKP – A whole bunch of purchases by directors/management NBC – The President buys THB 231 mn PACE – Hmm no comment, purchase […]
Read More →Notable Transactions: Buy(s) THB 208mn GFM – Continued switch in family ownership KKP – Two directors bought THB 22mn worth of shares each NBC – A director buys a huge stake @ THB 77mn Sell(s) THB 38 mn GFM – See above
Read More →An estimated 200,000 orders of cars reserved under the government’s subsidised first-car scheme will end up being cancelled, according to Suparat Sirisuwannangkura, chairman of the The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) automotive industry club. Source: Bangkok Post So last year the first car buyer scheme pushed up the total of registered car sales to 1.25 […]
Read More →BWG Revenue target achievable — BWG is confident that revenues will reach its target of 30% growth this year due to the higher volume of customers, especially industrial customers, driven by increases in waste and better unit prices. Sales to PTTGC, a customer, will depend on the amount of waste generated by its oil spill. […]
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