Geography of Thailand political development of this region. International access through the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand made the south a crossroads for both Theravada Buddhism, centered at Nakhon Si Thammarat, and Islam, especially in the former Pattani Kingdom on the border with Malaysia. Thailand's regions are divided politically into a total of 76 provinces plus Bangkok, which is a special administrative area. Thailand's climate is influenced by monsoon winds that have a seasonal character (the southwest and northeast monsoon). The southwest monsoon, which starts from May until October is characterized by movement of warm, moist air from the Indian Ocean
Stock Exchange of Thailand this reason many smaller or mid-cap Thai stocks may be underpriced. Smaller companies in Thailand make up over 70 percent of its GDP and often have higher growth rates then the averages. Yet, most trade at P/E discounts to the Thai market while often yielding considerably higher dividends. There is no Thai small cap index. There are eight industry group indices (divided into 25 sectoral indices): Stock Exchange of Thailand The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET, ) is the national stock exchange of Thailand. At the end of 2017, the Stock Exchange of Thailand had 688 listed companies with a