The Stock Exchange of Thailand concluded transactions for the year 2002. Total volume, total value, and the stock index all increased continuously from the year 2001. Total volume amounted to THB2,047,442.23 million, an increase of THB469,684.26 million (total volume in 2001 was THB1,577,757.97 million). Average daily volume amounted to THB8,365.91 million, up 29.77% from 2001's figure of THB6,439.83 million. Foreign investors and domestic institutional investors were net buyers in 2002 of THB14,337.86 million and THB13,707.83 million respectively.
The SET index ended trade in 2002 on December 27 at 356.48 points, up from the end of the previous year by 52.63 points or 17.32%. The index's lowest point for the year 2002 was on January 2 at 305.19 and its highest point was at 426.45 points on June 13, 2002.
The market capitalization at the end of 2002 amounted to THB1,986,236 million, up by 23.58% compared to end-2001 at THB1,607,310 million.
In the year 2002, trading was positively affected by factors like the recovery of the Thai economy and the R/P interest rate cut. Trade during the latter half of the year was affected by the fall on US stock market, from the World Com accounting scandal as well as uncertainty over the recovery of the United States' economy and the tension between the US and Iraq. This caused trade volume to be thin in the latter half of the year. However, the year 2002 still saw a jump in trade volume when compared to volume in 2001.
The Five most active sectors are the finance and securities sector, the property development sector, the banking sector, the energy sector, and the building & furnishing materials sector respectively. The Five most active securities companies 2002 are the Kim Eng Securities (Thailand) Company Limited, Seamico Securities Public Company Limited, ABN AMRO Asia Securities Public Company Limited, KGI Securities (Thailand) Public Company Limited, and Capital Nomura Securities Public Company Limited.
The Five most actively traded securities are Adkinson Securities Public Company Limited, warrant 4-Kiatnakin Finance Public Company Limited's, Thai Farmers Bank Public Company Limited, TISCO Finance Public Company Limited, and PTT Public Company Limited respectively.
