The story
Bangkok Stock Exchange, unrelated to the Stock Exchange of Thailand, was established in July 1962 as a private entity. It did not attract a lot of attention and finally ceased operations in the early 1970s.
In 1972, the Thai government took a step in creating a capital market. The changes extended government control and regulation over the operations of finance and securities companies, which until then had operated fairly freely. By 1975, the basic legislative framework was in place and on 30 April 1975, the Securities Exchange of Thailand officially started trading. On 1 January 1991 the name was formally changed to the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET).
The Thailand Futures Exchange (TFEX), a subsidiary of the SET, was established on 17 May 2004 as a derivatives exchange. On 28 April 2006 SET50 Index Futures was launched as the first product. Single Stock Futures was first launched on 24 November 2008. Derivative warrant was launched on 9 July 2009.
In 2008, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand (SEC), together with the Bank of Thailand, allowed domestic individual investors to invest abroad directly for the first time through a Thai brokerage. Previously, only institutions could invest overseas.
SET began fully computerized trading in April 1991.
Trading through mobile device began in 2010 with the launch of Settrade streaming for iPhone.
From Wikipedia’s article on Stock Exchange of Thailand, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5