The STI and broader FTSE ST All-Share Index have generated 13% total returns in the 2021 year to 17 Dec. For much of 2021, banks, energy and semiconductors sectors and trade-orientated industries led the global stock market.
Digital Core REIT (SGX:DCRU) is a pure-play data centre S-REIT sponsored by Digital Realty – the largest owner, operator, developer and acquirer of data centres globally. The IPO Portfolio has an appraised value of US$1.4 billion and comprises of 10 institutional quality data centres located in the United States and Canada, with 100% occupancy rates.
Globally, Airline, Hospitality and Bank stocks were among the most adversely impacted by the reports of the Omicron variant and ensuing uncertainty on vaccine efficacy and containment measures. Riverstone, Top Glove, Medtecs International and UG Healthcare have averaged 48% gains over the past 2 sessions, with a surge in trading turnover.
In 3Q21, the STI saw its narrowest quarterly trading range since 3Q17, generating a 0.2% decline in total return, while the FTSE APAC Index declined 2.5% and the FTSE All-World Index gained 0.1%. RH Petrogas led the price performances of the 100 most actives in September with a 19% gain, while Rex International added 9%.
Of Singapore’s 100 most traded stocks in 2021, the 10 strongest gainers in 3Q21 to 27 Sep all resided outside of the STI, with Frencken, iFAST, Raffles Medical, Starhill Global REIT, PropNex, First Resources, ESR-REIT, OUE Com REIT, UMS and ARA LOGOS Log Trust averaging 18% total returns.
22 of the 150 most traded stocks that have seen a greater than 10-fold increase in daily turnover in the 2021 year-to-date from 2020. The top 10 includes OIO, RH Petrogas, Mecurius Cap, LHN, Kim Heng, Fortress Minerals, Samudera Shipping, Golden Energy, CFM, Grand Venture Technologies, The Place, VCPlus
The 5 strongest stocks of the FTSE ST All-Share Index from 31 July through to 3 Sep included Olam International, Frencken, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding, OUE and Straits Trading. Together the 5 stocks have averaged a 19% total return over the 5 weeks
The ongoing role of technology, manufacturing and trade in driving global growth under COVID-19 constraints saw Shipbuilding, Technology and Agriculture among the strongest Sectors across the globe in August. This also saw Olam International, Frencken, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding, First Resources and UMS lead the 100 stocks in August
The STI ETFs drew significant investor participation in the 10 months from March 2020 through to the end of December 2020, with more than S$900 million of net inflows and amounting to more than half of the combined inflows of the two STI ETFs over the past decade.
Bank stocks were among the strongest industries of the global stock market in 1H21, outpacing broad global benchmarks, alongside the iron and steel, semiconductor and O&G service industries. DBS, OCBC and UOB averaged 19.0% total returns over the 6 months, in-line with the largest global banks by market value.
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