The STI has generated a 5.6% gain in the year thus far (as of this afternoon), compared to an average 2.5% return for the Nikkei 225 and Hang Seng Index, and an average 1.0% return for the FTSE Malaysia KLCI, Stock Exchange of Thailand SET Index and the Jakarta Composite Index. The five strongest STI stocks in the 2017 year through to the Lunar New Year Holiday were Global Logistic Properties (+19.1%), City Developments (+12.2%), Sembcorp Industries (+11.9%), CapitaLand (+10.6%) and DBS Group Holdings (+10.6%). As of 2pm the Straits Times Index (STI) was trading at 3,043, which represented a 5.6% gain in the 2017 year to date thus far. This compared to an average 2.5% gain for the Nikkei 225 Index and Hang Seng Index and an average 1.0% return for the FTSE Malaysia KLCI, Stock Exchange of Thailand SET Index and the Jakarta Composite Index. The SPDR® Straits Times Index ETF was also the most active ETF last week with a turnover of S$9.0 million. ETFs give investors access to the performance of the asset that comprises the underlying index. Investing in the ETF is also less costly if one was to build a similar portfolio by buying the individual stocks. The other STI tracking ETF listed for trading on Singapore Exchange (SGX) is the Nikko AM Singapore STI ETF. The comparative returns (in SGD terms) of these Asian Indices are tabled below. The SGD has gained 1.9% to the US Dollar in the 2017 YTD. Snapshot of 2017 YTD Asia Index Returns [in SGD terms] as of 2pm 31 January Source: Bloomberg (Data as of 2pm 31 January 2017) The five strongest STI stocks in the 2017 year through to the Lunar New Year Holiday were Global Logistic Properties, City Developments, Sembcorp Industries, CapitaLand and DBS Group Holdings. Last week, DBS Group Holdings and CapitaLand were the biggest institutional net buy stocks, while City Developments was the fifth biggest institutional net buy stock. Meanwhile, Global Logistic Properties was the biggest Institution net sell stock last week. These five stocks averaged a year-to-date total return of 12.9% and five year total return of 27.9% (4.4% annualised). The 30 STI constituents have averaged a 6.0% annualised total return over the past five years with Thai Beverage, SATS, ComfortDelGro Corp, CapitaLand Commercial Trust and UOL Group the strongest performers over the five year period. These five stocks averaged annualised total returns of 18.7% over the past five years. The table below details the 30 constituents of the STI sort by market capitalisation. Click on each stock to visit its profile page on SGX StockFacts.

Name	SGX Code	Market Cap S$B	Total Return YTD %	Annualised Total Return 5 Yr %
Singapore Telecommunications	Z74	63.5	6.6	9.5
Jardine Matheson Hldgs	J36	62.8	10.0	8.4
DBS Grp Hldgs	D05	48.6	10.6	11.1
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp	O39	39.5	5.9	6.2
United Overseas Bank	U11	34.4	2.9	7.8
Wilmar Intl	F34	24.8	9.2	-4.5
Hongkong Land Hldgs	H78	22.7	5.4	10.5
Thai Beverage	Y92	21.3	0.0	29.1
Jardine Cycle & Carriage	C07	16.5	1.6	-0.1
CapitaLand	C31	14.2	10.6	7.4
Global Logistic Properties	MC0	12.3	19.1	8.2
Singapore Airlines	C6L	11.9	3.8	1.0
Genting Singapore	G13	11.5	6.1	-8.9
Keppel Corp	BN4	11.4	8.3	-5.7
Singapore Tech Engineering	S63	10.4	3.4	7.5
City Developments	C09	8.4	12.2	-0.2
Singapore Exchange	S68	8.0	4.9	6.8
Ascendas REIT	A17U	7.0	7.5	11.2
CapitaLand Mall Trust	C38U	6.9	4.2	7.9
SATS	S58	5.9	9.3	24.7
Sembcorp Industries	U96	5.7	11.9	-4.4
Singapore Press Hldgs	T39	5.5	-1.7	5.2
Hutchison Port Hldgs Trust	NS8U	5.4	-2.3	0.2
Golden Agri-Resources	E5H	5.3	-2.3	-9.0
ComfortDelGro Corp	C52	5.3	-0.4	15.1
UOL Grp	U14	5.2	8.5	11.6
StarHub	CC3	5.2	7.5	7.2
CapitaLand Commercial Trust	C61U	4.5	6.2	13.2
SIA Engineering Co	S59	3.9	3.9	4.8
Yangzijiang Shipbuilding	BS6	3.1	-0.6	-1.5
Average			5.7	6.0

Source: SGX, Bloomberg & SGX StockFacts (data as of 27 January 2017)

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