Thai listed firms’ Q2/09 performance improves over Q1/09 and Q4/08

As a group, operating performance of firms listed on The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) reported Q2/2009 results that were better than those of a quarter ago. With all 379 firms reporting (excluding those in the Financials and Non-Performing Group and Property Funds), total net profit rose by 78.34 %, net profit margin rose to 7.23 %, return on equity (ROE) rose to 3.84%, and return on capital employed (ROCE) rose to 3.80 %.