SGX All Healthcare Index sees 3% returns year-to-date

Singapore

THE SGX All Healthcare Index generated a total return of three per cent in the year-to-date (YTD), below the 3.6 and 4.6 per cents generated, respectively, by the MSCI AC Asia Pacific Ex Japan Healthcare Index and the MSCI World Healthcare Index.

But on a 12-month basis, the Singapore Exchange said the index, which comprises stocks that report at least half their revenues from healthcare in the last financial year, as well as Reits with investments in healthcare facilities, outperformed the other two indices. The index registered a total return of 16.2 per cent - against the MSCI AC Asia Pacific Ex Japan Healthcare Index's negative 0.5 per cent and the MSCI World Healthcare Index's 10.4 per cent.