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Last week the FTSE ST All-Share Index gained 5.7%, outperforming the Dow Jones Industrial Average which gained 2.2%. The FTSE ST All-Share Index comprises constituents in the FTSE ST Large & Mid Cap Index and the FTSE ST Small Cap Index. The index is a free float-adjusted, market capitalisation-weighted index representing the performance of approximately 98% of the SGX Mainboard, which pass size, free float, and liquidity screens. In total, the FTSE ST All-Share Index has 164 constituents and a combined market capitalisation of S$614.9 billion. In the year thus far, the Index generated a total negative return of 0.5%, which brought the one-year total return to a negative 0.6%. The FTSE ST All-Share Index currently maintains a dividend yield of 4.3%, while trading at a price-earnings ratio (P/E) of 13.0 and price-to-book (P/B) ratio of 1.0. The annualised volatility of the FTSE ST All-Share Index over the five years ending February 2016 at 13.6% was similar to that of the Straits Times Index (STI) at 13.8%. The five biggest sectors to be represented by the FTSE ST All-Share Index are Banks, Real Estate and Capital Goods. Strongest Constituents in 2016 YTD The five best performers of the FTSE ST All-Share Index in the 2016 year thus far were GMG Global, KrisEnergy, PACC Offshore Services Holdings, Sino Grandness Food Industry Group, and Ramba Energy. GMG Global is an investment holding company that plants, cultivates, taps, processes, markets, and exports natural rubber, has gained 58.7% in the year thus far. Sino Grandness Food Industry is also an investment holding company that produces and sells canned vegetables and fruits in Europe, North America and Asia, and has gained 23.3% in the year to date. KrisEnergy is an independent upstream oil and gas company, that focuses on the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas in Southeast Asia and has gained 44.6% in the year thus far. Ramba Energy is an investment holding company that operates as an oil and gas exploration and production company in Indonesia and has gained 19.2% in the year thus far. While the price of Crude Oil is currently trading at similar levels to the end of 2015, the price has rallied 40% from 11 February lows. KrisEnergy and Ramba Energy are two of 10 stocks listed on SGX that are involved in the exploration, development or production of oil & gas. The other eight stocks are Alpha Energy Holdings, GSS Energy, Interra Resources, Loyz Energy, Mirach Energy, RH Petrogas, Linc Energy and Rex International Holdings. PACC Offshore Services Holdings provides offshore marine services in Singapore and internationally and has gained 23.3% in the year to date. The table below details the five best performers of the Index, and is sorted according to total returns. Click on each stock to visit its profile page on SGX StockFacts.
Source: SGX, Bloomberg & SGX StockFacts (data as of 7 March 2016) The least performing stocks of the FTSE ST All-Share Index in the 2016 year thus far were Technics Oil & Gas Limited (-56.5%), SunVic Chemical Holdings (-34.6%), Broadway Industrial Group (-34.6%), Mermaid Maritime Public Company (-21.3%) and Riverstone Holdings (-21.3%). 10 Largest Constituents in 2016 YTD In the year thus far, the 10 largest weights of the FTSE ST All-Share Index averaged total returns of negative 1.9% bringing their average one-year total return to negative 13.7%. The 10 stocks average a dividend yield of 3.4%. The tables below details the 10 largest weights of the Index. Please click on each stock to visit its profile page on SGX StockFacts.
Source: SGX, Bloomberg & SGX StockFacts (data as of 7 March 2016), total returns in SGD |
