Thursday, October 18, 2007

New Stock Indexes from 1st Jan 08

Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), Singapore Exchange (SGX) and FTSE Group have jointly developed a new Straits Times Index (STI) as the Singapore stock market's main benchmark and created a family of new FTSE ST indices that will complement the STI.

What are these Indexes. I can share.

STRAITS TIMES INDEX (STI)

The revamped STI will comprise 30 blue-chip companies on the SGX Mainboard ranked by market capitalisation as at 31 August 2007

CAPITALAND
CAPITAMALL TRUST
CITY DEVELOPMENTS
COSCO CORP SINGAPORE
DBS GROUP HOLDINGS
FRASER AND NEAVE
GENTING INTERNATIONAL
HONG KONG LAND
JARDINE CYCLE & CARRIAGE
JARDINE STRATEGIC
KEPPEL CORP
KEPPEL LAND
NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES
NOBLE GROUP
OLAM INTERNATIONAL
OVERSEAS CHINESE BANKING
SEMBCORP INDUSTRIES
SEMBCORP MARINE
SIA ENGINEERING
SINGAPORE AIRLINES
SINGAPORE EXCHANGE
SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS
SINGAPORE TECHNOLOGIES ENGINEERING
SINGAPORE TELECOM
STARHUB
THAI BEVERAGE
UNITED OVERSEAS BANK
WILMAR INTERNATIONAL
YANGZIJIANG SHIPBLDG HLDGS
YANLORD LAND GROUP


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FTSE ST INDEX SERIES

The STI will be complemented by a new family of FTSE ST indices that will consist of 5 benchmark and 13 industry indices, including a new theme index to represent China stocks listed in Singapore. The new indices, by tracking the different sectors of the Singapore market, will help investors make better-informed investment decisions.

FTSE ST Index Series
1. FTSE ST Mid Cap Index

2. FTSE ST Small Cap Index
3. FTSE ST All Share Index
4. FTSE ST Fledgling Index

Sector Indices
1. FTSE ST Oil and Gas Sector Index
2. FTSE ST Basic Materials Sector Index
3. FTSE ST Industrials Sector Index
4. FTSE ST Consumer Goods Sector Index
5. FTSE ST Healthcare Sector Index
6. FTSE ST Consumer Services Sector Index
7. FTSE ST Telecommunications Sector Index
8. FTSE ST Utilities Index
9. FTSE ST Financials Sector Index
10. FTSE ST Technology Sector index
11. FTSE ST Real Estate Index
12. FTSE ST Real Estate Holding and Development
13. FTSE ST Real Estate Investment Trusts


Theme Index
1. FTSE ST China Index

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Another so call reorg. Well, this helps to create work for all sectors inside SGX.

Khiat Han Hwee Adrian said...

ST Index is like the DJIA consisting of only a handful of stocks. We are not able to see the general health of the economy with this index.

The FTSE ST Indexes and Indices, is like the S&P 500, are able to show the overall health of various sectors and most listed companies in Singapore.