The iEdge SG Advanced Manufacturing Index have has declined 4% in the 3Q22 to 7 Sep, while booking S$10 million of net institutional inflows. NIO (SGX:NIO), Venture Corporation (SGX:V03), Wilmar International (SGX:F34), ST Engineering (SGX:S63) and Thai Beverage (SGX:Y92) comprise approximately half the weights of iEdge SG Advanced Manufacturing Index.
Emperador Inc. will join the STI effective the Monday 19 Sep, replacing ComfortDelGro following the recent semi-annual rebalance announcement. Emperador is a prominent high-growth international spirits company with a deep portfolio of globally recognised, market-leading whisky and brandy brands distributed in over 100 countries. Emperador is also a member of the Philippines Stock Exchange PSEi Index and debuted as an SGX secondary listing on 14 July.
The FTSE ST Small Cap Index constituents saw S$250 million in aggregate net institutional outflows in the 2022 year-to-date. The 16 constituents that attracted net institutional inflows were led by Riverstone, The Hour Glass and Chip Eng Seng, with the trio averaging 35% total returns in the 2022 year-to-date.
Global decelerating growth amid structurally-driven inflation, coupled with downside risks priced in to varying degrees each week, have provided a dynamic scope of stock market drivers in 2H22. With the uneven global growth outlooks extending to sectors & industries, the frequency of sector rotations may also intensify with the comparatively heavier slate of economic data points ahead.
Across the 40 largest Index weights of the iEdge SG Advanced Manufacturing Index, Aztech Global, UMS, Frencken, Venture Corp, ISDN, Valuetronics & AEM have ranked among the strongest 10 performers of the past 6 weeks, averaging 9% total returns. AEM reported that it is on track for a record FY, revising FY22 revenue guidance to S$750mi to S$800mil, with revenue for 1H22 increasing by 181% y-o-y.
The Bank, REIT and Industrial are sectors that saw the highest net institutional inflows on the 1st week of August, while other Financial Services, Telecommunications and Energy stocks saw the highest net institutional outflows. For the first 30 weeks of 2022 the STI has generated a 7.6% total return, compared to an 11.7% decline for the FTSE Developed Index.
This year the trio of DBS, UOB and OCBC have contributed more than 25% of the average daily turnover of the Singapore stock market, while averaging a 3% year-to-date total return following the 25% average total return in 2021. Institutions have also been net sellers of the trio in the 2022 year-to-date, following on from net buying in 2021.
Singapore stocks attracted S$97 million of net institutional inflows last week, with the 20 stocks that attracted the most inflows drawing S$156 million $156 million in value, with remaining Singapore-listed stocks seeing S$59 million of net outflows. The 20 stocks also included 8 stocks that attracted the most net institutional inflows for the 2022 year-to-date. These 8 stocks were SingTel, City Developments, Keppel Corporation, Sembcorp Industries, CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust, Ascott Residence Trust, Sembcorp Marine and Singapore Airlines.
BA.4 and BA.5 concerns also saw Riverstone and Top Glove average 6% returns last week, while some global rotation into Technology saw Frencken Group, Nanofilm Technologies, ST Engineering, ISDN Holdings, UMS Holdings, Aztech Global, AEM Holdings and Venture Corporation average 2% returns on the week. NIO rallied 18%, while also ranking among Singapore’s 50 most traded stocks.
For the 2Q22 to date, the STI has generated an 8% decline in total return, with the FTSE Developed Index declining 16%. Jiutian Chemical (SGX:C8R) has booked S$23 million of net institutional inflow in the year-to-date which represents 12.0% of the stock’s current market capitalisation of S$195 million.
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