38,459 million in net profit, increasing Baht 4,121 million or 12.00 percent compared to the year before. The increase was mainly due to a decrease of Baht 9,278 million or 22.19 percent in allowance for

include aligning rules to international standards, improving the framework to oversee the stability of important processes to meet the challenges posed by volatile capital flows, or improving the

the mark for another year in 2006, further strengthening the robustness of market infrastructure. Though affected by unexpected incidents late in the year, the market managed to recover and the stock