Singapore’s 100 most actively traded stocks in early 2020 have seen 15% more average daily turnover than the 100 most active stocks of 2019. Close to three-quarters of the most actively traded 100 stocks in early 2020 have averaged higher daily turnover than in 2019.
Amongst the 100 stocks, the 5 best performers in the 2020 YTD were OEL Holdings, Medtecs International, UG Healthcare, Trendlines Group and Keppel DC REIT. The 5 stocks averaged a 119% gain, whilst the 5 least performers averaged an 18% decline.
Singapore’s 2 strongest sectors in the 2020 YTD have been Healthcare & REITs. The 5 trusts that have seen the highest turnover growth from 2019 were Prime US REIT, Keppel Pacific Oak US REIT, Manulife US REIT, CDL Hospitality Trusts & CapitaLand Retail China Trust.
Singapore’s 100 most traded stocks in the 2020 year through to 14 February, have seen double-digit growth in combined average daily trading turnover from 2019. This is in terms of the combined average daily turnover for the current 100 turnover leaders, as well as the slightly different group of 100 highest turnover stocks of 2019. Combined, the 100 stocks have also seen S$187 million in net institutional inflow, led by inflows to OCBC Bank, Ascendas REIT, CapitaLand, ST Engineering and Singapore Exchange.
Healthcare-related Stocks & REITs Amongst Strongest Stocks in 2020 YTD
While the median return of the 100 most traded stocks for the 2020 year through to 14 February a marginal decline of 0.2%, the average gain has been a higher 5.3%. Of the 100 most traded stocks, the 10 strongest performing stocks in the 2020 year through to 14 February included 5 stocks that each maintain a current market capitalisation less than S$100 million. These 5 stocks were OEL Holdings, Medtecs International, UG Healthcare, The Trendlines Group and Clearbridge Health. The remaining 5 stocks were Keppel DC REIT, BRC Asia, Mapletree Logistics Trust, AusGroup and Riverstone Holdings.
The REIT and Healthcare Sectors have been amongst the strongest Sectors in early 2020. The 10 trusts that have seen the highest growth in turnover in the 2020 year through to 14 February (compared to their turnover in 2019) were Prime US REIT, Keppel Pacific Oak US REIT, Manulife US REIT, CDL Hospitality Trusts, CapitaLand Retail China Trust, Sasseur REIT, Lendlease Commercial REIT, EC World REIT, SPH REIT and OUE Commercial REIT.
The full 100 most traded stocks by turnover in the 2020 year through to 14 February are detailed in the table below.
| Name | SGX Code |
Market Cap S$m |
YTD Total Return % |
2020 Average Daily Turnover S$M |
Net Insti Flow 2020 YTD S$M |
30 Day Historical Volatility % |
2020 YTD Average Daily Turnover Growth from 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DBS GROUP HOLDINGS | D05 | 65,420 | -1.3 | 126.0 | -31.1 | 14 | 26% |
| SINGAPORE TELECOMMUNICATIONS | Z74 | 52,580 | -4.5 | 87.3 | 1.3 | 20 | 29% |
| UNITED OVERSEAS BANK | U11 | 43,794 | -0.6 | 61.2 | -4.3 | 14 | 1% |
| OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORP | O39 | 48,671 | 0.7 | 54.8 | 117.8 | 16 | -1% |
| ASCENDAS REIT | A17U | 11,940 | 12.3 | 37.9 | 68.3 | 16 | 8% |
| CAPITALAND | C31 | 18,758 | -0.8 | 35.1 | 61.4 | 24 | 36% |
| CAPITALAND MALL TRUST | C38U | 9,296 | 3.7 | 34.8 | 3.2 | 17 | 37% |
| YANGZIJIANG SHIPBUILDING | BS6 | 3,899 | -11.2 | 33.2 | -40.3 | 35 | -4% |
| SINGAPORE EXCHANGE | S68 | 9,873 | 5.0 | 27.9 | 49.3 | 16 | 22% |
| CAPITALAND COMMERCIAL TRUST | C61U | 8,024 | 6.5 | 26.5 | 10.7 | 17 | 8% |
| MAPLETREE COMMERCIAL TRUST | N2IU | 7,740 | -1.3 | 26.1 | 0.8 | 20 | 12% |
| GENTING SINGAPORE | G13 | 10,671 | -3.8 | 26.1 | 8.3 | 21 | 5% |
| MAPLETREE LOGISTICS TRUST | M44U | 7,518 | 14.6 | 23.4 | 25.9 | 17 | 25% |
| CITY DEVELOPMENTS | C09 | 10,130 | 2.0 | 22.1 | 13.5 | 26 | 35% |
| COMFORTDELGRO CORP | C52 | 4,721 | -8.4 | 19.8 | -61.8 | 21 | 9% |
| WILMAR INTERNATIONAL | F34 | 26,003 | -0.5 | 19.2 | 24.8 | 28 | -4% |
| SUNTEC REIT | T82U | 5,060 | -0.9 | 18.6 | -9.3 | 11 | 13% |
| THAI BEVERAGE PCL | Y92 | 19,716 | -10.1 | 18.4 | -68.4 | 33 | 23% |
| SINGAPORE TECH ENGINEERING | S63 | 13,394 | 9.1 | 18.3 | 52.6 | 18 | 8% |
| JARDINE MATHESON HLDGS | J36 | 59,618 | 8.2 | 17.5 | 6.1 | 18 | -13% |
| MAPLETREE INDUSTRIAL TRUST | ME8U | 6,339 | 12.1 | 17.2 | 9.1 | 21 | 52% |
| VENTURE CORP | V03 | 4,928 | 5.4 | 16.6 | 45.9 | 23 | -17% |
| KEPPEL CORP | BN4 | 12,206 | -0.7 | 16.2 | 36.0 | 7 | -25% |
| MAPLETREE NORTH ASIA COMMERCIAL | RW0U | 3,833 | 4.8 | 15.7 | 9.1 | 26 | 28% |
| HONGKONG LAND HOLDINGS | H78 | 18,034 | -0.8 | 15.3 | -1.8 | 18 | -23% |
| SINGAPORE AIRLINES | C6L | 10,216 | -4.6 | 14.1 | -42.7 | 16 | 28% |
| AEM HOLDINGS | AWX | 559 | 2.0 | 13.2 | 0.5 | 44 | 27% |
| SATS | S58 | 4,954 | -12.5 | 12.7 | -63.7 | 22 | 47% |
| KEPPEL DC REIT | AJBU | 4,082 | 21.2 | 12.1 | 12.8 | 22 | 39% |
| JARDINE STRATEGIC HLDGS | J37 | 49,159 | 7.7 | 11.5 | 3.9 | 23 | -5% |
| MEDTECS INTERNATIONAL CORP | 546 | 62 | 205.4 | 11.4 | -12.0 | 319 | 32961% |
| UOL GROUP | U14 | 6,943 | -1.1 | 11.3 | 15.3 | 20 | 29% |
| ASCOTT RESIDENCE TRUST | HMN | 3,885 | -2.2 | 10.7 | -16.4 | 29 | N/A |
| SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS | T39 | 3,269 | -6.0 | 10.6 | -5.7 | 20 | 2% |
| FRASERS LOGISTICS & INDUSTRIAL | BUOU | 2,963 | 5.6 | 10.5 | 15.7 | 13 | 25% |
| KEPPEL REIT | K71U | 4,295 | 3.6 | 9.3 | 12.9 | 14 | 13% |
| GOLDEN AGRI-RESOURCES | E5H | 2,738 | -8.5 | 9.3 | -3.2 | 28 | 39% |
| JARDINE CYCLE & CARRIAGE | C07 | 11,525 | -3.1 | 9.2 | -14.3 | 19 | -14% |
| NETLINK NBN TRUST | CJLU | 3,936 | 6.9 | 8.4 | 10.3 | 15 | 8% |
| CDL HOSPITALITY TRUSTS | J85 | 1,808 | -5.1 | 7.6 | -13.8 | 15 | 132% |
| MANULIFE US REIT | BTOU | 2,291 | 10.3 | 7.5 | 9.3 | 26 | 144% |
| REX INTERNATIONAL HOLDING | 5WH | 222 | -16.6 | 7.5 | -3.3 | 59 | 56% |
| SEMBCORP INDUSTRIES | U96 | 3,637 | -10.9 | 7.0 | -12.7 | 27 | -13% |
| CAPITALAND RETAIL CHINA TRUST | AU8U | 1,826 | -4.0 | 7.0 | -5.4 | 30 | 127% |
| FRASERS CENTREPOINT TRUST | J69U | 3,280 | 5.4 | 6.5 | 7.6 | 17 | 10% |
| DAIRY FARM INTL HLDGS | D01 | 10,161 | -2.1 | 6.2 | -5.8 | 30 | -5% |
| UMS HOLDINGS | 558 | 553 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 10.2 | 42 | 67% |
| HI-P INTERNATIONAL | H17 | 1,055 | -14.4 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 39 | -40% |
| ESR-REIT | J91U | 1,866 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 9.2 | 16 | 24% |
| CROMWELL EUROPEAN REIT | CNNU | 2,151 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 16 | 65% |
| KEPPEL INFRASTRUCTURE TRUST | A7RU | 2,697 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 20 | -9% |
| FRASERS COMMERCIAL TRUST | ND8U | 1,564 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 12.3 | 11 | -11% |
| LENDLEASE GLOBAL COMMERCIAL | JYEU | 1,063 | -2.2 | 3.2 | -12.2 | 14 | 113% |
| SEMBCORP MARINE | S51 | 2,469 | -10.6 | 3.1 | -1.2 | 24 | -60% |
| AUSGROUP | 5GJ | 128 | 13.5 | 3.0 | -4.6 | 128 | 1903% |
| SASSEUR REIT | CRPU | 969 | -8.5 | 2.7 | -4.7 | 38 | 123% |
| SPH REIT | SK6U | 2,923 | -0.9 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 12 | 82% |
| KEPPEL PACIFIC OAK US REIT | CMOU | 1,035 | 7.0 | 2.6 | -1.6 | 15 | 147% |
| SINGAPORE POST | S08 | 1,958 | -7.0 | 2.6 | -11.6 | 11 | -7% |
| SHENG SIONG GROUP | OV8 | 1,955 | 4.8 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 23 | 53% |
| FIRST REIT | AW9U | 800 | 2.7 | 2.4 | -11.6 | 11 | 27% |
| STARHUB | CC3 | 2,545 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 16 | -40% |
| ASCENDAS INDIA TRUST | CY6U | 1,993 | 12.3 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 26 | 41% |
| YANLORD LAND GROUP | Z25 | 2,299 | -1.7 | 2.3 | -0.1 | 23 | -6% |
| FAR EAST HOSPITALITY TRUST | Q5T | 1,284 | -10.8 | 2.3 | -2.1 | 37 | 61% |
| UG HEALTHCARE CORP | 41A | 49 | 78.6 | 2.2 | -0.7 | 293 | 18079% |
| AIMS APAC REIT | O5RU | 1,027 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 15 | 9% |
| RAFFLES MEDICAL GROUP | BSL | 1,919 | 5.0 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 25 | 53% |
| BROADWAY INDUSTRIAL GRP | B69 | 47 | -24.1 | 1.9 | -0.1 | 133 | 520% |
| DYNA-MAC HOLDINGS | NO4 | 147 | -14.3 | 1.8 | -0.4 | 81 | 499% |
| TRENDLINES GROUP /THE | 42T | 96 | 26.0 | 1.8 | -2.8 | 92 | 1854% |
| FIRST RESOURCES | EB5 | 2,756 | -8.4 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 28 | 6% |
| STARHILL GLOBAL REIT | P40U | 1,542 | -1.2 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 19 | 6% |
| VALUETRONICS HOLDINGS | BN2 | 315 | -11.6 | 1.7 | -2.6 | 30 | -9% |
| GSS ENERGY | 41F | 52 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 85 | 218% |
| OUE COMMERCIAL REIT | TS0U | 2,777 | -7.0 | 1.7 | -3.0 | 22 | 77% |
| MERMAID MARITIME PCL | DU4 | 155 | -18.5 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 81 | 396% |
| INTERRA RESOURCES | 5GI | 44 | -14.1 | 1.6 | -0.1 | 110 | 1315% |
| EAGLE HOSPITALITY TRUST | LIW | 636 | -0.2 | 1.6 | -4.5 | 28 | -40% |
| EC WORLD REIT | BWCU | 593 | -0.7 | 1.5 | -10.5 | 17 | 94% |
| FRENCKEN GROUP | E28 | 380 | -3.2 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 31 | 6% |
| PARKWAYLIFE REAL ESTATE | C2PU | 2,178 | 9.4 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 20 | -7% |
| PRIME US REIT | OXMU | 1,338 | 11.6 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 14 | 230% |
| CLEARBRIDGE HEALTH | 1H3 | 92 | 14.5 | 1.3 | -0.6 | 49 | 370% |
| SILVERLAKE AXIS | 5CP | 984 | -8.5 | 1.3 | -8.1 | 35 | 29% |
| RIVERSTONE HOLDINGS | AP4 | 778 | 13.5 | 1.2 | -7.4 | 69 | 636% |
| FU YU CORP | F13 | 200 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 50 | 209% |
| JAPFA | UD2 | 1,199 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 50 | -14% |
| ELITE COMMERCIAL REIT | MXNU | 440 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 6.0 | 25 | N/A |
| OEL HOLDINGS | 584 | 19 | 262.5 | 1.1 | -0.1 | 311 | 48201% |
| CACHE LOGISTICS TRUST | K2LU | 770 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 14 | -19% |
| SIA ENGINEERING CO | S59 | 2,879 | -8.9 | 1.1 | -3.2 | 19 | -26% |
| HUTCHISON PORT HOLDINGS TRUST | NS8U | 2,012 | -0.1 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 27 | -44% |
| CSE GLOBAL | 544 | 282 | 0.9 | 1.1 | -2.6 | 39 | 55% |
| BRC ASIA | BEC | 409 | 15.1 | 1.0 | 4.3 | 25 | 52% |
| BREADTALK GROUP | CTN | 324 | -10.9 | 1.0 | -3.3 | 44 | 127% |
| THOMSON MEDICAL GROUP | A50 | 1,586 | -6.3 | 1.0 | -1.9 | 24 | 22% |
| FRASERS HOSPITALITY TRUST | ACV | 1,318 | -2.8 | 1.0 | -1.8 | 19 | 54% |
| COSCO SHIPPING INTERNATIONAL | F83 | 627 | -15.2 | 0.9 | -0.8 | 31 | -9% |
| MOYA HOLDINGS ASIA | 5WE | 340 | 9.5 | 0.9 | -0.2 | 61 | 312% |
Source: SGX StockFacts, Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg (Data as of 14 February 2020)
