It is interesting to drill down and see how each sector of the listed companies was performing since 2016. I use the FTSE ST Indexes and compare them from 31 December 2015 to 21 July 2017. This is one and a half years of performance report card.
| FTSE ST Indexes | 31-Dec-15 | 21-Jul-17 | Change |
| STI | 2882.73 | 3314.12 | 15.0% |
| Mid Cap | 667.53 | 742.48 | 11.2% |
| Small Cap | 403.51 | 424.21 | 5.1% |
| Fledgling | 839.25 | 841.44 | 0.3% |
| Catalist | 496.61 | 498.71 | 0.4% |
The Straits Times Index (STI) rose 15.0% followed by Mid-cap stocks (11.2%). Small cap stocks, fledgling stocks and the Catalist stocks did not do as well.
The performances of various industry sectors are listed below (ranked from best performers to the worst performers).
| FTSE ST Indexes | 31-Dec-15 | 21-Jul-17 | Change |
| Real estate hldg & dev | 720.96 | 898.91 | 24.7% |
| Financials | 771.65 | 942.33 | 22.1% |
| Consumer goods | 429.93 | 521.68 | 21.3% |
| Industrials | 666.32 | 802.4 | 20.4% |
| Real estates | 701.61 | 841.86 | 20.0% |
| Maritime | 223.77 | 262.4 | 17.3% |
| Reits | 695.93 | 812.88 | 16.8% |
| China | 208.96 | 238.87 | 14.3% |
| Telco | 954.39 | 984.06 | 3.1% |
| Consumer serv | 773.01 | 758.67 | -1.9% |
| Oil & Gas | 381.6 | 372.83 | -2.3% |
| Health care | 1471.12 | 1361.82 | -7.4% |
| Basic materials | 107.8 | 97.4 | -9.6% |
| Utilities | 417.87 | 377.02 | -9.8% |
| Technology | 316.72 | 241.02 | -23.9% |
Right at the top was real estate holdings and development sector. It rose 24.7% over the period. Financials sector rose 22.1%. Consumer goods, Industrials, and real estates, all increased about 20%. Real estate investment trusts (REITs) increased 16.8%. If you hold stocks in these sectors, you would have done well over the one and a half year period.
What came as a surprise was that technology sector declined 23.9%.
Notes from FTSE web pages:
STI comprises 30 component stocks. FTSE ST Mid Cap represents about 18% of SG market capitalisation. FTSE ST Small Cap represents about 12% of SG market capitalisation.
The FTSE ST Fledgling Index comprises the constituents listed on the ST Universe that are too small for the FTSE ST All-Share Index.
The FTSE ST Catalist Index aims to raise the profile of growth companies listed on Singapore’s SGX Catalist market and offers investors a tracking tool on the performance of Catalist sponsored companies.
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