Market research on Thai Stocks in the SET Index
KBANK sells Bt8bn mortgages to free up funds — KBANK has sold mortgages worth Bt8bn to SME to free up funds for more lending and eliminate the need to raise capital. KBANK believes the asset sale will allow it to lend more to homebuyers at its current capital adequacy level and will also generate a […]
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s) AH – Founder continues to buy up more shares, this time THB 43 mn BGH – Same story THB 200 is coming GFM – Now this interesting a THB 70 mn purchase buy two directors, must’ve been off market as there usually is barely any liquidity here. POST – Major shareholder and […]
Read More →ADVANC AIS aims to run 3G service using TOT’s frequencies — ADVANC is moving ahead with pans to negotiate with concession owner TOT to run 3G mobile services on the state telecom enterprises three frequencies. The move came after the NBTC last week voted overwhelmingly in favor of the contentious 3G network contracts between TRUE […]
Read More →DTAC DTAC continues 3G network expansion — DTAC vows to be at the forefront of the 3G mobile broadband market this year thanks to its upgraded network platform. It expects to almost triple its 3G mobile subscribers from 3.5mn to 10mn this year using its 850- and 2100 MHz frequencies. It is able to install […]
Read More →CENTEL CENTEL looking at great 1Q13 — CENTEL expects strong 1Q13 results driven by a high occupancy rate of 80% in this, the high season for Thai tourism. It says that it will sign a management contract with a hotel in Pang-Nga. (Than Hoon) Comment: The company and stock has performed well, however such performance […]
Read More →Market rallied back strongly last week getting back most of the gains that were lost in the “mini-crash” 2 weeks ago. April is expected to be a quiet month, its Songkran, lots of people are going to be gone for 2 weeks, so it will be a good time to sit back and look for […]
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s): AH – More buying by the founder post their JVÂ announcement JUTHA – Just like TTA and PSL this stock is trading stupidly cheap, no surprise to the MD buy THB 30 mn shares, however I am curious about the sudden spike in the stock price since his purchase… TTA – TTA has […]
Read More →BIGC BIGC in huge expansion — Big C Supercenter will double its investment this year to Bt8bn to open more than 200 new stores in all formats and develop two distribution centers to reduce risks from flooding. About Bt5bn will be used to open six hypermarkets, 13 Big C Markets, 150 Mini Big Cs and […]
Read More →Hahaha I remember this one well, one of the first companies we started writing about…movement upon consumer protections here in Thailand are still quite slow, then again anything that has to go through a government body will take time. A group of 639 members of the bankrupt California WOW (CAWOW) health club gathered on Sunday […]
Read More →News flow from companies has quieted down, well its holiday time soon anyways. PTTGC PTTGC nears Indonesia JV — PTTGC has moved closer to jointly setting up a US$5bn petrochemical complex with Indonesia’s national oil conglomerate, PT Pertamina. A deal signed yesterday by the two partners kick-started a feasibility study for the naphtha-based project on […]
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