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SET to overhaul listing rules as stocks whacked by scandals

An investor looks at a board displaying share prices at a stock brokerage in Bangkok. (File photo)

The Stock Exchange of Thailand plans to tighten listing rules as a major accounting scandal, debt defaults and unexplained share gyrations rattle investors, putting the SET Index on course for its lowest close in more than two years.

The SET board on Wednesday approved a “sweeping revamp of listing regulations” that includes increasing the ratio of free-float and setting a higher threshold for profitability and shareholders' equity.

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