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The Asia Dow, an equal-weighted, 30-stock index that measures 30 of the leading blue-chip stocks traded in the Asia/Pacific region, dropped 10.32% in May, according to data compiled by Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider.
All 30 component stocks in The Asia Dow closed the month in negative territory.
The index’s best three performers for May were Seven & I Holdings Co. Ltd. (Japan), which closed down 0.87%. Shares of Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd (Singapore) and CIMB Group Holdings Bhd (Malaysia), down 2.52% and 3.44%, respectively. Sony Corp. (Japan), which fell 18.76%, was The Asia Dow’s worst-performing stock in May.
By comparison, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended May down 6.21%. The Europe Dow fell 13.08% and The Global Dow finished down 10.17%. The Europe Dow is an equal-weighted index that measures 30 of the continent’s leading blue-chip stocks; The Global Dow measures the performance of 150 leading companies from around the world.
In April, The Asia Dow closed down 1.09%.
The Asia Dow, The Europe Dow and The Global Dow track leading blue-chip companies according to the same underlying principles as the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Stocks in The Asia Dow, The Europe Dow and The Global Dow are weighted equally; The Dow Jones Industrial Average uses a price-weighted methodology.
All index and component performance values are based on price returns/USD.
Below, please find a list of The Asia Dow’s 30 stocks and their May 2012 performances:
|
May 2012 |
|
|
components |
performance |
|
1. Seven & I Holdings Co. Ltd. |
-0.87% |
|
2. Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. |
-2.52% |
|
3. CIMB Group Holdings Bhd |
-3.44% |
|
4. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. |
-4.06% |
|
5. Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. |
-4.31% |
|
6. CLP Holdings Ltd. |
-4.93% |
|
7. Woolworths Ltd. |
-5.03% |
|
8. Toyota Motor Corp. |
-6.34% |
|
9. Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd. |
-7.33% |
|
10. POSCO |
-7.69% |
|
11. China Mobile Ltd. |
-8.70% |
|
12. Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. |
-8.92% |
|
13. Larsen & Toubro Ltd. |
-10.29% |
|
14. Mitsubishi Corp. |
-10.33% |
|
15. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. |
-10.54% |
|
16. Nippon Steel Corp. |
-10.84% |
|
17. Reliance Industries Ltd. |
-11.09% |
|
18. Commonwealth Bank of Australia |
-11.44% |
|
19. Astra International |
-11.46% |
|
20. Hyundai Motor Co. Ltd. |
-12.98% |
|
21. China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. |
-13.27% |
|
22. Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd. |
-13.31% |
|
23. HSBC Holdings PLC (HK Reg) |
-13.40% |
|
24. Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. |
-14.50% |
|
25. Nan Ya Plastics Corp. |
-14.82% |
|
26. BHP Billiton Ltd. |
-16.21% |
|
27. PetroChina Co. Ltd. |
-16.53% |
|
28. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. |
-16.58% |
|
29. Westpac Banking Corp. |
-16.83% |
|
30. Sony Corp. |
-18.76% |
