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Retail REITs Led Sector Performance in Recent Years

12 January 2017

Singapore’s REIT Sector has averaged a 2.1% YTD gain, taking the average 12-month total return to 13.2%. The Bloomberg Asia REIT Index performed similarly with a 0.8% YTD gain, and 12-month 12.3% total return. Retail REITs have been the best-performing REIT segment in the 2017 YTD, in addition to the last three years, with average 36.7% total returns. The Retail REITs also maintain the lowest average debt-to-asset ratios and the second-highest ROE history amongst the five REIT segments.

SGX Real Estate 20 Index Began 2017 with Broad-Based Gains

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10 January 2017

All constituents of the SGX Real Estate 20 Index generated positive gains in the first five sessions of 2017; returns of the 20 stocks averaged 3.7%, taking average 12 month total returns to 14.6%. The SGX Real Estate 20 Index makes up one-tenth of the total market capitalisation of all stocks listed on SGX. The Index includes the eight Real Estate plays within the STI, in addition to three of the five stocks that make up the STI Reserve List - Suntec REIT, Mapletree Commercial Trust and Keppel REIT.

10 Biggest Mid Cap Index Constituents Averaged 16% Returns in 2016

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05 January 2017

The FTSE ST Mid Cap Index is made up of 40 mid-capitalised stocks with a combined market capitalisation of S$100 billion. Like the larger capitalised STI, it is a free float-adjusted market capitalisation-weighted Index. For the 2016 year, the five best performers of the FTSE ST Mid Cap Index were ARA Asset Management, United Engineers, Yanlord Land Group, SATS and Venture Corporation.

Consumer Staples Sector Surged 26% in 2016

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03 January 2017

In 2016, Singapore’s Consumer Staples Sector surged 25.8% on a capitalisation-weighted total return basis. There was a degree of consistency in the returns of the 10 biggest stocks of the Sector with total returns averaging 28.9%. Among the 10 biggest stocks of the Consumer Staples Sector, the three best performers were Japfa, Super Group & GAR.

YTD Performance Highlights of FTSE ST Small Cap Index Constituents

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22 December 2016

The FTSE ST Small Cap Index is a free float-adjusted, market capitalisation-weighted index representing the performance of small-capitalised companies listed on the SGX Mainboard. A component stock of the FTSE ST Small Cap Index has an average market capitalisation of S$563 million. In the YTD, the five best-performing constituents of the FTSE ST Small Cap Index were Best World International (+377.5%), Japfa (+96.1%), Geo Energy Resources (+60.7%), Super Group (+56.4%) and PEC (+51.2%).

FTSE ST Mid Cap Index Extended 5 Yr Gain to 46 % in 2016 YTD

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19 December 2016

The FTSE ST Mid Cap Index is a free float adjusted market-capitalisation weighted index representing the performance of the mid-capitalised companies trading listed on the SGX Mainboard. The average market capitalisation of a FTSE ST Mid Cap Index constituent is S$2.5 billion. In the 2016 YTD, the FTSE ST Mid Cap Index generated a 7.3% total return, taking its five year total return to 45.5%.

Growth of Singapore's Coal Mining Stocks

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15 December 2016

Singapore lists four Coal mining plays - Golden Energy and Resources, Geo Energy Resources, Resources Prima Group and BlackGold Natural Resources. All four stocks mine thermal coal - used to generate electricity, with mining conducted in Indonesia, and all companies report in US Dollars. The YTD returns of the four Coal miners have been mixed, with average returns of 1% in the 2016 year thus far. Geo Energy Resources has been the best performing of the four stocks with a 57% return.

Consumer Sector Spotlight Continued Into Early December

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13 December 2016

While the STI generated a total return of 4.4% in the first 11 months of 2016, the three STI Consumer Staples Stocks averaged a 27.2% total return and the three STI Consumer Discretionary Stocks averaged a 15.2% total return. Last week two Consumer Staples stocks - Bumitama Agri and Dairy Farm International Holdings, and two Consumer Discretionary stocks - Parkson Retail Asia and Genting Singapore, were among the 10 most actively traded stocks with the biggest volume increases.

SGX MOE Index Gains 12.5% in a Month as Crude Rallies on OPEC Cuts

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06 December 2016

The SGX MOE Index gained 12.5% in the past month, mainly due to crude prices which rallied 16.4% after OPEC announced production cuts. The five best-performing SGX MOE Index constituents are Ezion Holdings (+26.7%), IEV Holdings (+24.5%), Vard Holdings (+22.4%), AusGroup (+22.0%) and Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (+16.6%). These five stocks averaged 22.4% total return in the past month.

Real Estate Plays Feature in November's Volume Leaders

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01 December 2016

The month of November saw six different sectors represented among the 10 most actively traded stocks with the biggest volume increases. Almost half of the 10 most actively traded stocks were real estate plays. They comprised two REITs – AIMS AMP Capital Industrial REIT and Manulife US REIT, one Real Estate Developer – GSH Corporation, and one Real Estate Operating Company – Global Logistic Properties.

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