Given its vision “To Make the Capital Market ‘Work’ for Everyone”, SET chairman Chaiwat Viboonsawat said yesterday that as a key economic-growth driver for 2017, the exchange was committed to continuing its development with inclusive growth and promoting the government's economic development for Thailand 4.0. Meanwhile, the cultivator strategy entails creating an investment culture through knowledge improvement and investment promotion via digital platforms, Kesara said. About 110,000 new individual investors are targeted in the Thailand Futures Exchange, she added. The SET Index, as of November 22, had provided the highest yield this year among the Asean-5 countries – Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and Thailand – advancing 15 per cent to 1,485.68 points. The combined market capitalisation of the SET and the Market for Alternative Investment rose 18 per cent from the end of last year, to Bt14.88 trillion.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 23, 2016 18:10 UTC