BANGKOK, February 6, 2024 – The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) will list five new fractional depositary receipts (DRx), issued by Krungthai Bank pcl, on February 7, 2024. The DRx on Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN), Booking Holdings Inc. (BKNG), Meta Platforms Inc. (META), Netflix Inc. (NFLX), and Starbucks Corporation (SBUX) will be listed under the ticker symbols “AMZN80X”, “BKNG80X”, “META80X”, “NFLX80X”, and “SBUX80X”, respectively.
AMZN is a leading technology and ecommerce solution provider focusing on streaming, cloud computing, and AI businesses; BKNG is the world’s leading provider of online accommodation, flight, car rental and restaurant reservation services; META owns the most widely used social media platforms: Facebook, Instagram and WhatApp. NFLX is a popular streaming entertainment service and content provider, and SBUX is a coffeehouse chain offering coffee, non-coffee beverages, and food with over 30,000 branches in 80 countries across the world.
DRx is a type of depositary receipt (DR), which enables investors to get the benefits similar to direct investment in foreign securities. At present, there are 10 SET-listed DRx available as an alternative option for investors to conveniently access the world’s leading securities via the Thai stock market.
For more information on DRx, please visit www.setinvestnow.com/DRx; or information on the five new DRx, please visit KTB’s website: www.krungthai.com.
