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The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) kicks off the ‘OppDay” application on iPhone for its “Opportunity Day,” the quarterly event for top management of listed companies to meet directly with analysts and investors, enabling investors to monitor and get up-to-the-minute coverage of the event. For this second quarter, it is being held from today until June 12, 2014.
This event will spotlight 102 firms, with a combined market capitalization of THB 3 trillion (approx. USD 92.31 billion).
SET Senior Vice President Paveena Sriphothong said that this round’s event would present the first-quarter financial performance of listed companies and their business outlooks. SET would provide new channel on iPhone, enabling investors to watch Opportunity Day’s webcast and company fact sheet via OppDay application, available for iPhone 4 or later with iOS 6 version onwards, to fit trendy lifestyle of current investors.
“The live broadcast of Opportunity Day via webcast will help audiences worldwide to have easy and direct access to information of listed companies. Currently, there have been more than 77,000 users downloading the application, and about 25,000 audiences watching the event via website on iPhone,” Paveena added.
The 102 companies joining in the event, consisting of 80 SET-listed companies and 22 mai-listed companies, including four new companies listed earlier this year, namely AI Energy pcl (AIE), Kaset Thai International Sugar Corporation pcl (KTIS), Lease IT pcl (LIT), Srisawad Power 1979 pcl (SAWAD). They will be presented by categorizing into four sectors to meet investor interests, namely Petrochemical and Chemicals, Energy and Utilities, Property Development, and Finance and Securities, as well as mai companies. To provide insightful information, there will be analysts from Finansia Syrus Securities Co., Ltd., Maybank Kim Eng Securities Co., Ltd. and SCB Securities Co., Ltd. joining to evaluate overall business and factors of each sector.
OppDay is organized quarterly at SET headquarters, Bangkok and webcast live to all investor groups throughout Thailand and other countries worldwide. To view OppDay, please visit www.set.or.th/oppday and www.settrade.com/oppday via smart phones and tablets (iPhone, iPod, iPad, Blackberry) or download application OppDay on iOS (iPad & iPhone) and Andriod tablet.
OppDay makes it convenient for analysts, investors, and the media to discover the plans and operations of listed companies and for firms to communicate with these key audiences. SET schedules such events after every periodic disclosure of financial statements.
